Hi gang, I haven't posted here in a Long, Long, time. (the bickering and infighting between fans got to me.)
I'm going to have to agree with the theory that this issue is from "the top down".
I don't think Dean is a good owner, it's not his fault... but he's limited. He just is. Getting the stadium built, couldn't do it... ended up having to get a sweetheart deal from the league to put up shop in the Rams stadium, but it is what it is.
Then, the fortunes of the football team started going downhill when he started promoting his boys.
(yes, we had had bad teams in the past, but they were able to build a team that was a contender. A few times)
John Spanos is the "President of Football Operations" A title he has held since 2015.
Before that he was "Executive Vice President of Football Operations" in 2013.
He was director of college scouting from 2008-2012.
It was around 2008... that the talent level started dropping off.
AJ Smith was the GM from 2003 to 2012... remember the start of his reign was GREAT...and then he just got worse and worse? The Head of College scouting changed in 2008.
John was in charge of the hiring of Telesco.
The main reason Telesco was hired...he was a long time Colts employee yes... but they YEAR they hired him... he was the Assistant to Ryan Grigson...who won GM of the year in 2012.
Grigson was fired a few years later. He wasn't good. He got lucky.
Telesco has made some great draft picks...but he's had a lot of bad picks as well...AND, I'll be perfectly frank... most of his "great picks" fell in his lap. Slater/Bosa/Herbert..
There's been way more head scratchers...and he doesn't draft many late round guys that develop. (IMO).
Telesco and John... running the Franchise have hired:
Mike McCoy - OC from the Broncos (4 years...and had Peyton Manning)
Anthony Lynn - half the season OC from the Bills who was elevated to interim HC for a while... he started that season as the RB coach.
Brandon Staley - DC from the Rams (1 season)
All first time head coaches. All guys with limited experience as even Coordinators. (although McCoy had the most)
McCoy was fired in his next two hirings as an Offensive Coordinator... both in his first season. He is now a QB coach with the Jags.
John Spanos needs to go. And we need someone who knows what they are doing to find an established personnel guy who isn't a flash in the pan (like Telesco was), and they can hire a real coach with real experience.
Maybe they need to sell the team. But I don't think they will.
And as long as John is running the show...which we now have an incredible run of bad decisions and choices by him to give evidence...we're not going to see sustainable growth.
We'll have a flash in the pan year, here or there. (sound familiar?)
But consistent growth and building of a culture and a winning team isn't coming from the nepo baby to the nepo baby.
I'm going to have to agree with the theory that this issue is from "the top down".
I don't think Dean is a good owner, it's not his fault... but he's limited. He just is. Getting the stadium built, couldn't do it... ended up having to get a sweetheart deal from the league to put up shop in the Rams stadium, but it is what it is.
Then, the fortunes of the football team started going downhill when he started promoting his boys.
(yes, we had had bad teams in the past, but they were able to build a team that was a contender. A few times)
John Spanos is the "President of Football Operations" A title he has held since 2015.
Before that he was "Executive Vice President of Football Operations" in 2013.
He was director of college scouting from 2008-2012.
It was around 2008... that the talent level started dropping off.
AJ Smith was the GM from 2003 to 2012... remember the start of his reign was GREAT...and then he just got worse and worse? The Head of College scouting changed in 2008.
John was in charge of the hiring of Telesco.
The main reason Telesco was hired...he was a long time Colts employee yes... but they YEAR they hired him... he was the Assistant to Ryan Grigson...who won GM of the year in 2012.
Grigson was fired a few years later. He wasn't good. He got lucky.
Telesco has made some great draft picks...but he's had a lot of bad picks as well...AND, I'll be perfectly frank... most of his "great picks" fell in his lap. Slater/Bosa/Herbert..
There's been way more head scratchers...and he doesn't draft many late round guys that develop. (IMO).
Telesco and John... running the Franchise have hired:
Mike McCoy - OC from the Broncos (4 years...and had Peyton Manning)
Anthony Lynn - half the season OC from the Bills who was elevated to interim HC for a while... he started that season as the RB coach.
Brandon Staley - DC from the Rams (1 season)
All first time head coaches. All guys with limited experience as even Coordinators. (although McCoy had the most)
McCoy was fired in his next two hirings as an Offensive Coordinator... both in his first season. He is now a QB coach with the Jags.
John Spanos needs to go. And we need someone who knows what they are doing to find an established personnel guy who isn't a flash in the pan (like Telesco was), and they can hire a real coach with real experience.
Maybe they need to sell the team. But I don't think they will.
And as long as John is running the show...which we now have an incredible run of bad decisions and choices by him to give evidence...we're not going to see sustainable growth.
We'll have a flash in the pan year, here or there. (sound familiar?)
But consistent growth and building of a culture and a winning team isn't coming from the nepo baby to the nepo baby.
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