In reply to: You're right but recruiting has always been strange to me posted by pmac98
NFL career ranks pretty low on totem pole of recruiting skill. Effort, personality and connections are much more important. I don’t see anything in Dre Bly’s background on its face that indicates he would have been a better hire than Mickens.
and that Bly may be better equipped to help him reach those goals.
Certainly Lyght had credentials along those lines, too. Perhaps he lacked in effort, personality, and connections.
I suspect elite offensive recruits have the same questions/concerns when they look at who will be their OC for the next 3-4 years.
Or at least that Brown is putting Bly in a position to be successful.
Dre Bly is a complete novice both as a coach and as a recruiter. Despite what recruiting analysts say, I don’t think he pulls in a top 10 recruit without support and input from a veteran head coach like Brown.
Whether its his personality, effort, or his picking assistants who are good recruiters, he has always recruited well.