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"He’s unbelievable," coach Bruce Arians said. "If there is any type of question about anything, he has the answer. It’s absolutely amazing. He is tireless and on the phone 20 out of 24 hours a day. He’s invaluable to this organization." |
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He’s Mike Greenberg. Not the ubiquitous ESPN daytime programming presence but the former three-sport athlete at Bellmore JFK High School and graduate of Cornell and Hofstra Law School who is the current director of football administration for the Buccaneers. And every decision the Buccaneers have made to get to this point, to get within a win of a Lombardi Trophy, has crossed his desk in some form or another. That goes from physically writing the contract that Brady signed to join the team last spring — and figuring out an unorthodox way of getting signatures on the document from a thousand miles away in the earliest stages of the pandemic — right down to the types of seeds that are planted on the practice fields and at Raymond James Stadium. "I‘ve learned a lot about the different types of grass and fields, more than I ever thought I would learn," Greenberg laughed. His main job, though, is compliance with the league’s collective bargaining agreement and the team’s salary cap. "I always was drawn to the salary cap," Greenberg told Newsday. "I’ve always been a numbers person. It’s interesting how they make the whole puzzle fit and I was kind of drawn to it." |
Besides....what has he really done?
Besides....what has he really done?
Did you read the article? I'll answer your questions with two quotes.
"We love it out there," he said. "I never really went there growing up as a kid and you always hear about the Hamptons, but the North Fork is great."
I'll answer your question with another question. Is it solely on the GM to do all of that? Or does the GM need to put the right people in place to help them make those evaluations and then make the right decisions based off the info gathered.
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who are "cap experts". That's great, and absolutely an invaluable asset to a team, but does that make him a good GM target? Can he evaluate personnel? Can he put together a draft board, or a FA target list?
I'll answer your question with another question. Is it solely on the GM to do all of that? Or does the GM need to put the right people in place to help them make those evaluations and then make the right decisions based off the info gathered.
Of course not, but are you willing to turn your organization over to a pure numbers guy (not saying Greenburg is only a numbers guy) who has no expertise in personnel? Seems to me finding a numbers guy would be easier than finding someone who understands personnel and team-building.
Of course not, but are you willing to turn your organization over to a pure numbers guy (not saying Greenburg is only a numbers guy) who has no expertise in personnel? Seems to me finding a numbers guy would be easier than finding someone who understands personnel and team-building.
I get what you're saying and I hope you don't/didn't take my response as an attack, just dialogue. As far as the personnel aspect goes, I guess none of us know what he truly has or has not done there? I'd be open to at least bringing him and/or others like him in for an interview at the least. He's young, obviously smart and seemingly very well thought of by others in the NFL. Wouldn't hurt to speak to...
Could you image Gettleman being described as knowing the answer to any question? I don't know much else about the guy but he'd obviously be a massive improvement on the current disaster and he's the type of guy id hope we're looking at
No clue, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Rinse and repeat.
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Of course not, but are you willing to turn your organization over to a pure numbers guy (not saying Greenburg is only a numbers guy) who has no expertise in personnel? Seems to me finding a numbers guy would be easier than finding someone who understands personnel and team-building.
I get what you're saying and I hope you don't/didn't take my response as an attack, just dialogue. As far as the personnel aspect goes, I guess none of us know what he truly has or has not done there? I'd be open to at least bringing him and/or others like him in for an interview at the least. He's young, obviously smart and seemingly very well thought of by others in the NFL. Wouldn't hurt to speak to...
I don't take it as an attack at all, I appreciate the give and take. Yes, he may have good personnel experience, which would make him a good candidate. My point was more of a rebuttal to those who have thought Abrams would be a good GM because he's done a good job with the cap (which is an arguable position to say the least!).
Besides....what has he really done?
There is always one of thess, "Why would anyone want to come here?"
I get that sentiment, but I also haven't seen anyone come out and say Abrams will be a great GM and deserves a shot as a couple people (who are outside the TB organization) in this article are quoted as saying about Greenberg.
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I’m sure he’s great but that’s not the normal resume for a GM who tend to come from the personnel side.
I get that sentiment, but I also haven't seen anyone come out and say Abrams will be a great GM and deserves a shot as a couple people (who are outside the TB organization) in this article are quoted as saying about Greenberg.
And this isn’t a puff piece by a LI paper about a LI kid.
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I’m sure he’s great but that’s not the normal resume for a GM who tend to come from the personnel side.
I get that sentiment, but I also haven't seen anyone come out and say Abrams will be a great GM and deserves a shot as a couple people (who are outside the TB organization) in this article are quoted as saying about Greenberg.
And this isn’t a puff piece by a LI paper about a LI kid.
You may have a valid argument there.