Ryan Poles admitting he's drafting for scheme fit is a 'self-own'
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What comments did Ryan Poles make about drafting for scheme fit?
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Yeah, it's all fun and games until you realize Dylan Theaterman runs a 4-3-5-40. Yeah. And that's when it's serious. This is Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, and Herb Howard in with you on this Draft Friday. Herb with the Biggs Media. He is part of our Draft Special tomorrow with Mully and Haw. That is Saturday from 9 until noon right here on 104.3 The Score. And Herb, you were there for the Ryan Poles media availability following the first round last night at Hallas Hall.
Yeah.
Toward the end of the press conference, I heard two comments from Ryan Poles that nearly made me, like, drop whatever I was holding at the time. Guys, listen to this.
A lot of good options. A lot of good options. I'll say this. This was probably the most aggressive we were in terms of the guys that we really like. Like, they have to play our style. They got to have the right makeup. in terms of our scheme fits, like all of that had to be there. If it wasn't there, you're off the board. We were really aggressive with it. So when you look at it, it feels really thin, but that's a good thing. I think it's a really good thing because we're very selective of who we want. There's some historical numbers that I have that makes me feel confident that there's going to be guys that we like still available to us. So thankfully, the numbers are high enough where, you know, I'll be able to sleep a little bit tonight.
Just confidence in our system. And then, again, this staff is unbelievable. We're just given clarity. And I think as we continue to work with each other, we're going to know exactly what we're looking for. So why mess around with those that don't fit what we're trying to do? And then we're having conversations in the summertime and in the fall of why that guy can't play for us or it's not a fit. So, yeah, I think both things are true, just confidence in the system. Our scouts do an unbelievable job gathering information. And then our coaching staff is really clear with what they're looking for. So it's a really good marriage.
What? What? So now you're admitting that you drafted dudes who didn't fit your scheme. Now, in the fifth year of this? Now. Like, thank you for correcting the problem. Thank you for identifying the problem. I'm glad we could get to a point where we can somewhat laugh about this together as a team. But when he says, oh, this guy can't play in September. What? No, it fits. What were you doing the last four years before this?
Just throwing darts at the board, right? Listen, there was no vision, right? I think that's where they went wrong in the first place. They forced the head coach on him. You hired, you essentially, you had your three finalists and then you hire your gym and say, hey, one of these guys is going to be head coach. It's like, I didn't pick either one of these guys. And so you throw floos on him and then there's no shared vision. There's no alignment. And now you're just drafting coaches people right and then you don't have a real offensive system i mean in caleb's rookie year you go through three four play calls like that's insane but it also does not allow you to pick for any particular vision so now you have a coaching staff with continuity with clear direction clear vision and now you can't say this guy absolutely fits what we want to do or no he absolutely does not and you can take him off our board you gotta have the right makeup
I was just drafting people. You said people.
Why is drafting for scheme fit considered a self-own by Ryan Poles?
I don't think it's people. It's just traits. It's just traits. And let me look at these stats from the combine.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What comments did Ryan Poles make about drafting for scheme fit?
0:00–3:56
2
Why is drafting for scheme fit considered a self-own by Ryan Poles?
3:56–7:35
3
How have past drafts impacted the current Bears roster?
7:35–11:26
4
What were the criticisms of the previous coaching staff's drafting strategy?
11:26–12:31
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