Lions hire Ron Wood as President

[boogerlovejoy]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14179976

Lions next GM will have total control of football operations. So the people pissing and moaning about Woods football background can chill a little.

 

[LKP]

We got what we wanted. The GM will be in charge of contracts, cap and personnel. And it will be picked by an advisor from the NFL committee. Plus they will use their resources. It will never be directly picked (since it is the Ford's team) but you know the Fords and Wood will lean heavily on what the advisor says.

 

[inkfreq]

A team president, who wants to be successful in the NFl, is going to act a lot like a POTUS.

He's going to assemble a team of advisors. In this case, that's the resources available from the NFL.

He's going to give those advisors clear instructions on his desires for a successful management team.

He's going to rely heavily on their advise to hire his management team to run the day to day operations. That management team is the equivalent of the POTUS cabinet.

He's going to make the final decisions when the subject is huge... signing a big money free agent for example, but he's going to rely on the advice of people who know what they are doing to make that decision.

The president of a team, like the president of our country, is really more an organizer than anything. His job is to assemble a team of qualified advisors and operators to run the team, and he will handle the oversight of those people.

His job, more than anything, should be hiring and firing.

 

[Mitchrapp]

A team president, who wants to be successful in the NFl, is going to act a lot like a POTUS.

He's going to assemble a team of advisors. In this case, that's the resources available from the NFL.

He's going to give those advisors clear instructions on his desires for a successful management team.

He's going to rely heavily on their advise to hire his management team to run the day to day operations. That management team is the equivalent of the POTUS cabinet.

He's going to make the final decisions when the subject is huge... signing a big money free agent for example, but he's going to rely on the advice of people who know what they are doing to make that decision.

The president of a team, like the president of our country, is really more an organizer than anything. His job is to assemble a team of qualified advisors and operators to run the team, and he will handle the oversight of those people.

His job, more than anything, should be hiring and firing.

If he's anything like our recents President's, fire him right now.

 

[jdeb]

Excuse me??? lol. He has NOTHING to do with the football side of things. He's the money guy...THAT`S IT! He won`t be involved with the draft, free agents or re-signing of players. He takes care of charity events, building repairs etc etc etc.

Obviously you`re not too bright.

OK, look at the model in New England.

Problem is, your satisfied with a sober version of Lewand. They did nothing to make the organization better at playing football.

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[Mitchrapp]

OK, look at the model in New England.

Problem is, your satisfied with a sober version of Lewand. They did nothing to make the organization better at playing football.

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Not yet. They're still getting a GM. HC and all that.

 

[tonyballs]

OK, look at the model in New England.

Problem is, your satisfied with a sober version of Lewand. They did nothing to make the organization better at playing football.

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Because Wood has nothing to do with the football side of things. It's been explained to you but you still don't get it. The day we start hearing that Ron Wood is scouting players, going after FA's and making draft picks then i start to worry. But for now, Ron Wood is a guy that you ask when the next charity golf tournament is at. Got it? Probably not....

 

[inkfreq]

Take a successful CEO from Xerox and he will still be a great CEO of McDonalds. The two businesses have nothing even remotely in common, but the fundamentals of being the CEO are exactly the same.

John Scully was president of Pepsi before he took over Apple.

Ron Wood has been a very successful CEO, and now takes over the Lions in the same capacity. He should be equally successful because what he needs to do has nothing to do with knowing football, and everything to do with knowing how to hire qualified people and run a business.

 

[jdeb]

Take a successful CEO from Xerox and he will still be a great CEO of McDonalds. The two businesses have nothing even remotely in common, but the fundamentals of being the CEO are exactly the same.

John Scully was president of Pepsi before he took over Apple.

Ron Wood has been a very successful CEO, and now takes over the Lions in the same capacity. He should be equally successful because what he needs to do has nothing to do with knowing football, and everything to do with knowing how to hire qualified people and run a business.

OK, you guys win. He was a great hire and being President has nothing to do with football operations. God, how can I be so stupid. Fords got this one right, we will be a winning organization from here on out. About time they fixed it. Oh, and Robert Kraft is a great example of a President that knows nothing about football operations and just knows how to hire the right people and all he is good at is accounting. I stand corrected, my opinion is to stupid and meaningless.

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[inkfreq]

OK, you guys win. He was a great hire and being President has nothing to do with football operations. God, how can I be so stupid. Fords got this one right, we will be a winning organization from here on out. About time they fixed it.

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Most likely, all true. But certainly to condemn the guy already is just foolish.

 

[cheeno]

Take a successful CEO from Xerox and he will still be a great CEO of McDonalds. The two businesses have nothing even remotely in common, but the fundamentals of being the CEO are exactly the same.

John Scully was president of Pepsi before he took over Apple.

Ron Wood has been a very successful CEO, and now takes over the Lions in the same capacity. He should be equally successful because what he needs to do has nothing to do with knowing football, and everything to do with knowing how to hire qualified people and run a business.

If they brought in the CEO of Xerox or McDonalds I would be on board with you Ink. Bringing in the CEO of Ford Estates just screams toe the line, yes ma'am everything is fine the way it is. Now Martha may not take yes for an answer, she seems like a tough old broad.

 

[inkfreq]

If they brought in the CEO of Xerox or McDonalds I would be on board with you Ink. Bringing in the CEO of Ford Estates just screams toe the line, yes ma'am everything is fine the way it is. Now Martha may not take yes for an answer, she seems like a tough old broad.

I don't really know much about Ford Estates, but by all accounts, he was a very strong CEO there.

Being familiar with the owners helps, it doesn't hurt, so long as he's a quality hire.

 

[tonyballs]

OK, you guys win. He was a great hire and being President has nothing to do with football operations. God, how can I be so stupid. Fords got this one right, we will be a winning organization from here on out. About time they fixed it. Oh, and Robert Kraft is a great example of a President that knows nothing about football operations and just knows how to hire the right people and all he is good at is accounting. I stand corrected, my opinion is to stupid and meaningless.

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Calm the fuck down and take the soother out of your mouth lol. To bitch about a guy that just handles the business side of things and not the actual football side of it is asinine. You'd just be flapping your gums if he came in and said that he's taking over the draft or free agents. Let the football minds handle the football side of things.

 

[LKP]

They hired Ernie accorsi to make the gm hire

 

[tonyballs]

They hired Ernie accorsi to make the gm hire

Ernie Accorsi?!?! What a joke of a hire!!!! I don't have a single reason to back my claim up but galldabnit, this is the Lions and i just feel like bitching about something!!!

 

[mhughes0021]

They hired Ernie accorsi to make the gm hire

Because the team president doesn't know what the fuck he's doing.

 

[jdeb]

Hire Omar Khan as GM and Bill Cowher as coach and we might have something.

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[LKP]

We all wanted them to use an advisor. Accordsi hand picking the gm is best case dream scenario

 

[cheeno]

We all wanted them to use an advisor. Accordsi hand picking the gm is best case dream scenario

How about the Giants guy who pushed for the player with the best hands in the league...opposed to our recently fired guy who picked the player with clearly the worst.

 

[inkfreq]

They are 100% right to bring in a consultant to help narrow the field, and they are 100% right to make that consultant Accorsi.

He evaluates office people the way scouts do players. This is probably the Lions best chance to lock down a great GM... ever.