Nerd gets It! It is EXACTLY what Nerd said, this makes it appear that Jaire was not a target; because Nerd knows how unprecedented this is.
GMs must do their due diligence on acumen and character. If the kid cant or won’t learn he’s a bust, PERIOD, regardless of what’s on film.
The typical subterfuge teams use to conceal their actual interest is to show interest in a bunch of players or release info that looks like misinformation. This is why the first question the agent asks upon hire is who, when, where, how long and what was said with various teams. If a player tries to cater to the wish of 32 teams, his prep will suffer; so one of the agent’s key jobs is to decide which teams have serious interest and pretty much only cater to them.
And the agent will only keep a secret from other teams if its best for his client. Kanata, if your Jaire's agent, where would you like to see him go? In GB he's gonna get a chance to start, he wont be tempted as much to do bad stuff. Seems to me this is a great spot for him to build a resume for that all important 2nd contract payday for the agent.
There’s a good chance if GB invited Jaire for a visit, he’d have declined. And the team visit is only a single pixel in a huge video array. Most of the info comes from several visits to campus or a local within 25 miles of the player; grilling position and strength coaches and often landlords, roommates, neighbors ex-girlfriends.etc.
Gutekunst already had perfect cover with GB’s well-renown CB height restrictions. That’s why Schneider traded out, he was taught by Wolf and Ted and they don’t draft wispy little CBs. Any interest 1265 showed would have been viewed as misdirection.
Also, the reason Jaire lasted ‘til 18 and Jackson to #45, is because a bunch of teams signed FA CBs; this affect was misjudged by Gutekunst.
There’s an interesting article on McGlinchey who said he was surprised by Niners drafting him. The article was silent on how much the Niners hawked him prior to the combine, but Lynch spoke with Matt Ryan who is McGlinchey’s cousin. That is some solid intel on discovering what makes the kid tick. Obviously Ryan didn’t pass onto his cousin that Lynch was grilling him. The article stated that info was leaking about the Niners interest in the weeks before the draft, so McGlinchey must have had his head in the sand to be totally surprised. But, you know the agent was aware the Niners might draft him.
If Jaire end up a Randall-type headcase, I won’t be able to say, “told ya so;” unless he ends up being a total nutjob like Burfect or that WR Pettis the Lions drafted a few years ago. These agents’ “charm schools” are extremely effective and any bitch punk kid will do and say anything for a few million. They can Eddie Haskell it for 6 months to a year, no prob. So, if he’s a headcase there’s no way of knowing if any GM would have discovered it.
I cant believe Josh Allen got drafted so high; here’s some of his tweets:
"i dont think you n*ggas want a troubled son!" — June 14, 2012
“N*ggas Trying To Get At Me" — February 12, 2013
"Bout to show up these N*ggas at pong" — February 26, 2012
"If it ain't white, it ain't right" — June 25, 2013
What GM is gonna take a chance on planting this 1st rnd nuclear bomb in the Room? Condon miraculously convinced at least 1 club that this full year of tweets, not all that long ago, was a youthful indiscretion. Remember that Allen’s not 40, he’s still a kid. To pull this off Condon took over every aspect of his kid’s life, from what he says and does in public to the way he folds his arms in private when a black guy walks in the room.