hands11 wrote:sfam wrote:Hands, I don't know how you can read much into that interview. Seriously, the speculation over that and EG's 3 player draft comment are way over the top. They just aren't going to be giving up much real info at this point.
EGs 3 player draft comment is EG marketing language. He was answering a direct interview question with an answer he already practiced to maximize the value of the pick. As someone already mentioned, if they won the #4th pick, he would have said it was a 4 player draft.
Totally different then evaluating Wittmans comments.
As for how I evaluate Wittmans comments, I told you how. Listen to what he says and listen to what he says on his own when he is rambling vs answering direct questions. Randy is totally different the EG. He doesn't have the BS corporate line stuff that EG has. Randy isn't wired like that. He finds that kind of stuff a waste of his time and not true to the kind of person he is.
Dude, I have been in sales, marketing, business development for almost 20 years. You read people. You listen to what people say and how. You listen to tone. You watch their face. You know how to read people quickly. If you don't, you aren't very good at doing that as a job. Some say people that can do it as born that way. Maybe part of that is true. I think a lot of it was learned. Starting back in who you were in your family. But that's a different conversation.
Now I can not say for 100% fact what they will do. But I can read Randy's tea leafs. It's not hard. Just listen to him for what he says and what he doesn't. Listen to what he is excited about and talks about all on his own. Randy is an easy book to read. But he is just one part of the decision. He even pointed that out. That even tells you something.
But I think he has some weight in the decision. Even though he is in his last year of his contract. He did well in year one. If he takes them to the playoffs, they will resign him. The player respect him. I think Ted and EG do as well. So I see it as all 3 will have a voice. And since EG is in his last year, his voice isn't going to be as strong as in years past. I would expect EG to be in full on making friends mode. That means he would want a consensus decision so he isn't sticking him neck out. I think Ted will manage the process and try to find the player both have consensus on. Kind of like Cooke used to do back in the days between Gibbs and Bobby Betherd.
So in this situation, if we want to read the tea leaves, I think we are lucky because Randy is an easy read and I think he will have an influence almost equal to EGs because we all know EG knows how to play the corporate politics games.
Well, this is certainly news to me that Wittman has equal say over who we draft. Has this been posted anywhere, because otherwise it sounds like a fantasy assessment without merit. I also don't see Ted pulling a Snyder and overruling his GM. This is EG's pick unless we hear otherwise. Ted will have to approve trades and trading out of the pick, but I'm shocked if EG doesn't have the final say here. Nor do I think Wittman is operating in a position of strength. Nobody would be shocked if both disapear after this year.
So no, I'm buying your tea leaf reading any more than I would buy your palm reading. I'm more of a coffee drinker anyways.
