LOTD: Is Scott Pioli Being Prematurely Anointed as a Great NFL GM and Savior?

by Jerod @ 2009-01-03 No Comments Email Post

I have been quite outspoken in my support of the Browns’ pursuit of New England VP of Player Personnel Scott Pioli to be the next GM in Cleveland. However, other very informed and rational Browns fans have certainly disagreed with my assessment.

Today’s LOTD (Link of the Day, if you are not yet familiar with our newest feature here at MSF) brings an entirely different perspective, and comes to us from SFTSports.com:

Now that Scott Pioli of the Patriots seems to have his pick of GM jobs for some teams that suck (that would be the Browns and the Chiefs if you haven’t been paying attention), I have a couple questions. Pioli seemingly has done wonders as VP of Player Personnel, but let’s be honest: as important as it may be, he’s not held the GM position. And how much of Pioli’s success can be directly correlated to Bill Belichick’s coaching? I get the sense that Pioli could draw a QB’s name out of a hat when he’s evaluating talent and have that guy get to the Pro Bowl via the scheme in place in New England where seemingly average players suddenly become better.

Anybody else remember a couple of years ago when everyone thought Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel were the greatest coaches alive? They won Super Bowls with the Patriots and have perfected losing since leaving. I’m not saying Pioli will be a bust by any means, but I’m saying let’s not order Super Bowl rings anytime soon for the team he goes to. I think Pioli could possibly end up like any of these young talents below who may have been prematurely thrust into the “great” category before we really saw their whole career play out:

To view the entertaining list of celebrities and athletes who were prematurely anointed as great, which may just be happening in the case of Scott Pioli, you’ll have to head on over to SFTSports. And I highly encourage you to do so. The link is below.

Link of the Day: Scott Pioli Premature Anointing List – (SFTSports.com)

And now some other entertaining links for you on a beautiful Saturday here in Dallas, as I await the first Big Ten game for the Indiana Hoosiers in what could be…ugh…and very long conference season.

Commiserate with other IU fans at this Indiana-Iowa Live Blog – (Inside the Hall)

Eric Gordon backing new AAU team – (IDS Basketblog)

White Sox and Orioles discussing Gavin Floyd-Brian Roberts Deal – (South Side Sox)

No one knows when Rasheed Wallace and Rip Hamilton will be back – (Hardcore Detroit Fan)

SB Nation’s NFL 2008 Studs and Duds – (Stampede Blue)

It’s Time to Go For Brett Favre – (SFTSports.com)

Failure of Detroit Lions is No Coincidence – (Bleacher Report)

Colts-Chargers Wild Card Preview – (Bolts From the Blue)

Does Jerry Jones Want Mike Shanahan? – (Dallas Sports Fans)

Jason Whitlock is not amused by Deadspin or Rick Reilly – (Deadspin)

Enjoy your Saturday everyone.