Well, this was predictable.
The Detroit Lions have officially announced they have hired former Los Angeles Rams‘ director of college scouting Brad Holmes to be their next general manager and as predicted, Detroit Free Press writer Carlos Monarrez immediately wrote a negative article bashing the team.
The title of the article is “Why Detroit Lions’ hiring of Brad Holmes as GM is another fail for the franchise,” and I would bet that he had the piece prewritten before the hire was even made. Heck, I would bet he had Lions’ bashing article ready for whoever was hired.
Here are a couple of excerpts for your reading pleasure but to read the entire article, which Monarrez probably does not even believe, please click here.
This is a fail on the Lions’ part. As I wrote last week, the only home run hires would have been John Schneider of the Seattle Seahawks and Kevin Colbert of the Pittsburgh Steelers, two current general managers who have a strong history of proven success. Instead, they completely struck out (due in part to Schneider signing an extension); any candidate besides Colbert or Schneider is a gamble.
Monarrez also went on to add that Holmes was essentially the No. 5 man on the Rams organizational depth chart.
I have several, but my main concern is how low he ranked on the Los Angeles organizational chart as their college scouting director. He was listed five spots below GM Les Snead. There’s no doubt Holmes has been a valuable contributor to the Rams’ front office. He played a part in drafting Aaron Donald and he’s often described as one of Snead’s trusted lieutenants. But someone that far down the org chart hasn’t been close to guiding the direction of an entire franchise. Even Bob Quinn, when he was the director of pro scouting for the New England Patriots, was only two or three spots down the ladder from Bill Belichick.
Nation, we are begging you, PLEASE do not take what Carlos has to say as gospel. He writes to get reactions out of people and though it seems to work, it has gotten predictable.
