Big Changes to Bears Front Office

[Pixote]

Some die-hard fans are unwilling to accept the fact that the Bears are no longer "cheap" and are willing to pay up to give us a good team. Those who acknowledge that we are not the Bear penny pinchers of the past always come back with a "but we spend the money unwisely", an argument that has some foundation, IMO.

 

Emery is making moves to make sure we do indeed spend our money wisely, increase our quality of drafts and FA acquisitions, by overhauling the Scouting System we have had in place, and I am sure the additional staff and internal promotions cost the owners a good chunk of change. However, if successful, could indeed save them from wasting money in the future assuring better personel decisions.

 

Here is a link to the article from the Bears Website

[madlithuanian]

Thanks for posting that Pix.

 

Here's hoping that efforts on the front end pay off on the back end. Both financially and productively.

 

Some die-hard fans are unwilling to accept the fact that the Bears are no longer "cheap" and are willing to pay up to give us a good team. Those who acknowledge that we are not the Bear penny pinchers of the past always come back with a "but we spend the money unwisely", an argument that has some foundation, IMO.

 

Emery is making moves to make sure we do indeed spend our money wisely, increase our quality of drafts and FA acquisitions, by overhauling the Scouting System we have had in place, and I am sure the additional staff and internal promotions cost the owners a good chunk of change. However, if successful, could indeed save them from wasting money in the future assuring better personel decisions.

 

Here is a link to the article from the Bears Website

 

[AZ54]

That is a huge increase in the size of the scouting department. There was a lot of loyalty as well rewarding many long time Bears scouts.

[AZ54]

Here's a little more insight as to why Emery made these changes:

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=8849

 

 

“We want the senior scouts to be in roles where they can see the bigger picture and see more of the better players in the country,” Emery said. “We want them to cross-check the best players so they can have a better overall take on the ability level of the best players in the country.”

 

With a larger staff, more scouts will have seen the top prospects heading into pre-draft meetings.

 

“In the past with six area scouts often you would go into meetings with only one evaluation on a player,” Emery said. “Now with our increased staff and their roles, we’ll have three and possibly even four evaluations of a player. That will give us a better feel for the players and put us in a better position.

 

“Having four in-house Scouting Assistants will also allow us to do a deeper dig on background for character and medical incidents and will allow us to be more accurate and complete with our information.”