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April-23rd-2007, 06:02 AM
Another shot at BP, who most puke fans will probably miss by week three...
Posted Apr 22nd 2007 4:14PM by Ryan Wilson
http://nfl.aolsportsblog.com/2007/04/22/cowboys-scouts-to-have-more-say-in-draft/
Filed under: Cowboys, NFC South, NFL Draft
If nothing else, at least this should mean more unanimity in the Dallas Cowboys' draft room next Saturday. Apparently -- and I know this might be hard to believe -- then-head coach Bill Parcells would have his pre-draft favorites and was often unbending in who he thought the team should take:
The Cowboys are depending on scouts more than ever for the upcoming NFL draft. And conflicts such as one with Bill Parcells should be a thing of the past. The night before the 2003 draft, scouts and personnel people wanted the team to draft Terence Newman. Parcells preferred defensive tackle Kevin Williams. Jerry Jones took Parcells out to dinner and convinced him Newman was the better choice.
To be fair, a coach wanting a particular player happens all the time in the NFL, but I just don't think it'll be an issue in Dallas.
Coaches will still be involved, Jerry Jones said. "Just not as much. Again, that's more about the coaches giving information to your scouts. That's always what that was about, educating your scouts to the kind of skills and players that coaches might be interested in."
And I think that's right. I mean, that's why a team has scouts. Coaches spend most of their time preparing for games and only a fraction of their time "scouting." To not utilize the real scouts seems like a waste of everybody's time. And Jerry Jones' money.
Posted Apr 22nd 2007 4:14PM by Ryan Wilson
http://nfl.aolsportsblog.com/2007/04/22/cowboys-scouts-to-have-more-say-in-draft/
Filed under: Cowboys, NFC South, NFL Draft
If nothing else, at least this should mean more unanimity in the Dallas Cowboys' draft room next Saturday. Apparently -- and I know this might be hard to believe -- then-head coach Bill Parcells would have his pre-draft favorites and was often unbending in who he thought the team should take:
The Cowboys are depending on scouts more than ever for the upcoming NFL draft. And conflicts such as one with Bill Parcells should be a thing of the past. The night before the 2003 draft, scouts and personnel people wanted the team to draft Terence Newman. Parcells preferred defensive tackle Kevin Williams. Jerry Jones took Parcells out to dinner and convinced him Newman was the better choice.
To be fair, a coach wanting a particular player happens all the time in the NFL, but I just don't think it'll be an issue in Dallas.
Coaches will still be involved, Jerry Jones said. "Just not as much. Again, that's more about the coaches giving information to your scouts. That's always what that was about, educating your scouts to the kind of skills and players that coaches might be interested in."
And I think that's right. I mean, that's why a team has scouts. Coaches spend most of their time preparing for games and only a fraction of their time "scouting." To not utilize the real scouts seems like a waste of everybody's time. And Jerry Jones' money.