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Gutekunst is one I would like to see them interview. Like John Schneider, he spent a year in KC in the late 90s early 2000s working under Chuck Cook, Lynn Stiles, and Bill Kuharich. Leave it to Carl to let the young talent slip out the door...

Moving on from McCracken made no sense. But moving on from Will Lewis after losing Ballard sure didn't. It left Veach and Borgonzi as the longest tenured personnel men besides a couple area scouts. I like Tim Terry as the new director of pro personnel but it's his first in a director role. Asst. Director of Pro Personnel up in GB. Dorsey's first staff hires he kept a bunch of left overs. He knew Ballard well since both scouted in the same division. He knew he was sharp and made an excellent hire there. Lewis was someone he knew from GB. Marvin Allen was just a long time area scout with the Falcons with no Director of College Scouting experience. And he's a National Scout now. Demotion.

Matt Donahoe and Jason Lamb were interns in GB. Now area scouts. Dan Zegers was an equipment and scouting department intern then Dorsey's scouting asst. here. Jim Noel spent a year coaching at Temple. Matt Rhoule and Reid are close. Plus Britt Reid was at Temple. Trey Koziol was brought on as much as anything else with him knowing Ryan Poles who was promoted recently to Director of College Scouting from College scouting coordinator. Poles was Matt Ryan's LT and Koziol his TE at Boston College.

Willie Davis (yes, the WR) and Terry Delp are area scouts hired by Carl and have hung around. Brandt Tilis (cap analyst) Ryan Poles, Ryne Nutt, Pat Sperduto, and Mike Borgonzi were Pioli hires. And good for Dorsey for not shit canning them just because and hiring his own guys. It's a good thing they got to learn under Dorsey and Ballard. All were young and hungry even though very green. But they must be doing something right.

Poles promotion caught me off guard a bit. He was a administrator and then coordinator for College Scouting before just being promoted last month to Director of College Scouting. I don't think he did much road scouting. More logistics and scheduling. But he has a good reputation and already being really organized and detailed, if the scouting comes natural he could be a fast riser. I figured that job would go to Ryne Nutt or Trey Koziol.

This current crew is young and inexperience at the top. I wouldn't mind to see Will Lewis come back as Director of Football Operations or Player personnel if Borgonzi gets promoted to VP of Player Personnel or even Asst GM. I think like most that Veach gets GM. They need some experience though. Maybe Senior Personnel Executive of the Packers Alonzo Highsmith who Reid knows well. He is another scout only type though. This Ryan Cowden would be great to get as an asst GM or VP of Player Personnel with Veach as GM. But as the case with Fitterer he could stay put and wait or their teams could promote them as well. But with the cash available with Veach most likely to not break the bank as a first time GM they need at least one hire with some experience. This new legal/cap guy Chris Shea could also play a bigger role as well.