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Prediction: Any busts from this draft will be credited towards Hurney, any stars will be attributed to Rhule

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kungfoodude Grand Master

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2 hours ago, bobowilson said:

The real point of this thread though is to debate, who was in charge of this draft?

The video posted today shows Hurney reflecting on all of his draft picks and his thoughts when he was making the decision seem to indicate he was firmly in control of the process.

Unless we believe Hurney is a skilled liar.

 

I only know what I saw from the video and it was Hurney pacing and on the phone and Matt Rhule chuckling as his kids played around. 

On the surface, it seemed pretty obvious that Hurney was largely in control. But, knowing that Hurney leans "yes man", I suspect Rhule had plenty of influence over his decisions. 

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"Prediction: Any busts from this draft will be credited towards Hurney, any stars will be attributed to Rhule"

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If you see this it's the ultimate tell and shows the person blaming Hurney doesn't understand how things work within The Firm.

A few are clinging by their fingernails to the old school notion of Hurndog functioning as a traditional GM and having "final say" but it just does not work this way in Tepper's world...

...in time this will become clear to even the most stubborn.

 

 

 

 

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Weird. I'd been told all of Marty's prior bad decisions were actually the fault of Jerry Richardson :thinking:

9 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I only know what I saw from the video and it was Hurney pacing and on the phone and Matt Rhule chuckling as his kids played around. 

On the surface, it seemed pretty obvious that Hurney was largely in control. But, knowing that Hurney leans "yes man", I suspect Rhule had plenty of influence over his decisions. 

Pretty much.

For better or worse, this was Marty's Draft. I hope it turns out to have been a good one (and his last one).

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10 hours ago, Drk89Wng said:

Hurney had input based off character of the player and the previous strategy but the final say was Rhule. If Rhule was wavering he probably asked Hurney to help make the decision, probably later rounds and therefore choosing multiple similar positions and small school players. I don’t see anyone to blame in this draft honestly with all the outliers that made it a far from traditional process prior to the draft. 

The other way around. Both Rhule and Hurney said Marty was leading the draft and Rhule was heavily involved in creating the board based on his familiarity with the college players.

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52 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Weird. I'd been told all of Marty's prior bad decisions were actually the fault of Jerry Richardson :thinking:

Pretty much.

For better or worse, this was Marty's Draft. I hope it turns out to have been a good one (and his last one).

Not all of his prior mistakes were the fault of JR, but we know for a fact that some of them were.  JR was a meddlesome owner.  We know JR wanted to extend Olsen and TD, that he wanted CMC, and that he made Fox a lame duck coach. How much do we not know?

I hate that I have to defend this guy on here all the time, but the hate is really unjustified.  Was he a great GM? No, but we had worse.  

 

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