Khan Named GM

That Sammy Watkins trade was horrid whoever's idea that was.

 

Or you know because he's a scout and he'll remain a scout.

 

Art said he wants his GM to be a personnel guy, Hunt has that experience and trained under Colbert, he gets the job IMO.

 

Every candidate that they've interviewed minus Khan maybe is a personnel guy.

 

But not every candidate has worked for the Steelers the last 10 years in personnel, and trained under Colbert .

 

In the end you may likely be right but I still find it almost odd how many external candidates they brought in. Remember when Tomlin wowed them, I think they started cancelling some coaching external interviews. That kinda says to me that Hunt's interview may have been meh.

And if one of the external candidates is in the driver's seat for the position, they obviously can't take that person to evaluate players yet.

 

Agree with them. We need a GM that scouting s n the blood and how they earned their bones. Hunt is that man.

 

The majority of the candidates have scouting in their blood too.

 

https://steelersdepot.com/2022/04/a...m-certainly-not-gonna-force-that-word-on-him/

he's not going far, i don't believe.

 

I don’t have a preference as long as they come from a solid organization that has had a lot of success drafting and managing the cap. One area I think the Steelers could improve on is draft day trades and managing player contracts from the perspective of knowing when to cut bait and trade them for draft capital. I feel like we too often either hold onto players too long, or let them knowingly play out their contract and hit free agency without an opportunity to trade them for draft capital.Obviously every situation is unique and you can’t always just trade a player when you have no contingency behind them but I feel like there were a few instances where we could have made trades to pick up some draft capital.

 

They're interviewing the vice president of player personnel for both the Titans and the Buccaneers, both of which have solid teams. I think the Bucs have been put together as well as any other team but there's always the Brady factor and how much he's responsible for roster moves. Regardless, as long as they do their due diligence I'll trust whatever choice they make.

 

Second interviews for those two. I’m guessing they’ll finish second round of interviews next week and announce the new gm shortly thereafter.

 

Thanks. I did forget to my mention the second interview detail from the article I read.

 

I think you are spot on.

 

If that is the case then why not just name Tomlin the GM and Head Coach? I guess for the sake of titles maybe they feel like it will be harder to get a VP of operations or Assistant GM so they just call the position GM. The league is small and tight so people are going to know what the real job title is. I hope they don’t give Tomlin that much control. Very few Coaches can handle both the duty of GM and Head Coach and do both jobs well. If they legit hire a legit GM I hope they focus on the following teams to cherry pick from -
Ravens
Colts
Rams
49’ers
Saints
These are the tope teams at evaluating talent in my mind.

 

That is probably a reasonable hunch, but I’m not sure it’s true. It’s not uncommon for a new gm to bring in his own coach. My bet is the Steelers know they already have a great coach in tomlin and are looking for someone that will work with him. As opposed to a I’m your boss type of relationship.

 

If they’re so good at evaluating talent then why haven’t they done anything? Yes. The rams just won the Super Bowl. However, they didn’t do it through scouting and drafting players. They did it through trading away all their draft picks for players. They’re not exactly building a dynasty.

 

brandon hunt interviewing for the philly job. https://steelersdepot.com/2022/05/brandon-hunt-to-interview-for-eagles-front-office-position/

 

Fair point. Other than a Non Brady team their haven’t been a lot of other teams to win Super Bowls over the last decade. Obviously the other key ingredient to building a very successful franchise is having a franchise QB in place. SF doesn’t have one yet but they have still been very successful in recent years. Same with Colts and Ravens. Rams just got their franchise QB and just like that Super Bowl. Regarding the Saints I have just always liked the way they draft.

 

Colbert wasn't really Tomlin's boss, he didn't have the authority to fire him or anything like that, they work together in personnel just like Cowher/Colbert did according to Dale Lolley.

 

Andy Weidl is a name that even Kevin Colbert spoke about recently in an interview with Dan Sileo. That said, no reason to rush the pick... unlike some Owners many of us know... *coughs* Shahid Kahn *coughs*.


All this taken into account.. no doubt there is one aspect that the GM has to be able to have in spades; being lockstep with Mike Tomlin. This is not to say Tomlin needs to have complete control (pro tip; he will not) but someone that will Tomlin what he needs to hear. If anything, a very honest and positive relationship; no different than it was for both Colbert/Cowher to Colbert/Tomlin.


Long story short; an exceptional peoples person with an exceptional football mind. Not as easy nor simple to find so much as one believes.

 

Perhaps a "trade" of sorts within PA?!


Brandon Hunt for Andy Weidl?