I am not sure how a draft works from the inside, but to me it would make a whole lot of sense for Dom to have some say in the Defensive players picked.The fact we have invested so much in the early rounds on the D and have seen absolutely no improvement leads me to believe it is either a problem with Dom's system or that there is a total communication disconnect between the scouts, GM and Dom as to who fits best in our system.
Originally Posted by: TheKanataThrilla
First off, I'm sure that you are right that coaches are given some input. At least any players with large questions, like the short ILB they drafted (DJ Smith?), Capers seems to give think that wouldn't be a problem and compared him to someone else like he knew questions would be raised.
But something I learned early on about coaches and scouting is that they don't mix well... at least not from what I've seen. Word/rumor is that coaches normally get hung up on the flashy stuff and miss the other parts.
But Vince Lombardi is considered one of the greatest coaches ever (if not the greatest), but he was a horrible GM... so where did all of his talent come from? The guy before him, who was a great GM, but horrible coach.
Look at Mike Sherman (or almost any coach as GM) ... Bill Belichick does alright as GM but it's said that it's because he delegates most of the work to his #2 guy.
But look at Mike McCarthy... they gave him input to the 2005 draft and he said is was one of number of guys that voted to go with Alex Smith over Aaron Rodgers.
Also a number of draft people have asked for a while if the Packers were drafting for a 3-4 defense or not, because a lot of their selections have seemed more like 4-3 selects as with the 3-4, they normally want more length in their front and Packers rarely drafted length high. I'm not sure who that came from, the coaches or the scouts, but the DL coach touted how he believes in leverage (lower pad level) more than length.
But simply, I do feel like there has been some sort of disconnected between the on the field scheme and players drafted for it.
Also feel like it's changed in the last two drafts, like they might of reset the scheme and what they are looking for...
as both the on the field scheme has changed and they seem to be drafting a different kind of player.
As Fackrell, Martinez, Lowery, King, Jones are all different types than who the Packers have grabbed in the past. Most of them because of their length, but Martinez because I think he might be the lightest ILB they've taken at least that high in the draft and they've been avoiding SS but now draft Jones (who doubles as a coverage ILB on the side).