I tend to agree with you. I think where Nix and past GM's here have failed is not in their ability to scout and evaluate potential players, but in their inability to hire Head Coaches who can also evaluate and develop players. Although Nix has the final say on personnel decisions, we here every year around the draft how player X was drafted because everyone was on board with the selection. This process starts when the coaching staff meets with the scouting dept. and say this is what system we are running and what our needs are. When the scouting dept. and coaching staff meet and start assembling their board prior to the draft this is where i believe the breakdown in judgement occurs. I believe this is how we end up with player's like Maybe being drafted by Juron, and Shep drafted by Gailey and Wanny who was LB coach at the time. Chan was a great X's&O's coach, but horrid at evaluating talent (edwards over fitz, lynch over freddy, ect...) . I'm hopeful that Nix made the right decision with Marrone not just as our HC, but also as an evaluator and developer of talent. I like from Marrone so far, he reminds me of a younger less arrogant Bill Parcells. As far as the selection of EJ3, I considered Nassib as the benchmark that Marrone, Hackett, and the scouting dept. could make comparisons to during evaluations. If Manuel graded out as their highest rated and potential franchise QB, I could careless when he was drafted, so long as they're right. Go Bills!
