Steelers Scouting Reorg... any significance?

[NorthCoast]

Mark Bruener... former Steelers TE.

Dan Colbert???... a little nepotism?

Steelers Announce Player Personnel Department Changes



Posted May 9, 2013

• The Steelers have announced today multiple player personnel department changes.
  
  Phil Kreidler has been named the team’s college scouting coordinator, replacing Ron Hughes, who will be staying with the organization as a senior assistant, college scouting. Kreidler has spent the last 22 years in the Steelers’ player personnel department.
  
  The team has also announced that Dave Petett will now be a pro/college scout and Mark Bruener will be a college scout. Additionally, Dan Colbert has been hired full-time as a college/pro scout and Mike Butler has been hired as the team’s BLESTO scout.
  
  [URL]http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Steelers-Announce-Player-Personnel-Department-Changes/19212057-bec8-4409-a943-f9f97e08ae41[/URL]

[flippy]

All we know is Mean Joe never had a great find and now he's gone.

I'm sure these guys matter and can make a big difference. But it's nearly impossible for us to understand who does/doesn't make an impact.

[hawaiiansteel]

Dan Colbert???... a little nepotism?

where is Crash when you need him?

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

I'm guessing that the organization believes that the personnel that they had in place was not doing a good enough job. Little surprise here.

[DukieBoy]

Mark Bruener... former Steelers TE.

Dan Colbert???... a little nepotism?

Maybe Tomlin's wife will be hired to scout player fashion and throwback uniform development.

[flippy]

Maybe Tomlin's wife will be hired to scout player fashion and throwback uniform development.

I think Russ Grimm went on a bender when they didn't give his wife this post.

[Sugar]

Maybe Tomlin's wife will be hired to scout player fashion and throwback uniform development.

If only. She could only do better than what they have now for throwbacks.

[phillyesq]

Bruener had been doing some work with the Steelers before.

[Slapstick]

Bruener had been doing some work with the Steelers before.

Yep.

[URL]http://www.planetsteelers.com/forums/showthread.php/30672-Steelers-sign-Mark-Bruener[/URL]

[Slapstick]

Mark Bruener... former Steelers TE.

Dan Colbert???... a little nepotism?

Also, Mike Butler is Jack Butler's son...

[Slapstick]

Oh, and Dan Colbert has been interning with the Steelers scouting department for the last two years...

[Oviedo]

Why is it so hard for some to believe that any of these people are actually qualified to do their jobs? Dan Colbert has probably been exposed to more about football than anyone on this board to include how to evaluate talent, structure, organization, etc. His father is an NFL "lifer" and he has been there his whole life too.

I just find it funny how so many think this is a bad thing. What do they expect a job advertisement in the Post Gazette or on Monster.com?

The reality is most professionals get jobs because of networking and contacts. Why do they think the NFL is any different?

[flippy]

Why is it so hard for some to believe that any of these people are actually qualified to do their jobs? Dan Colbert has probably been exposed to more about football than anyone on this board to include how to evaluate talent, structure, organization, etc. His father is an NFL "lifer" and he has been there his whole life too.

I just find it funny how so many think this is a bad thing. What do they expect a job advertisement in the Post Gazette or on Monster.com?

The reality is most professionals get jobs because of networking and contacts. Why do they think the NFL is any different?

I search for NFL scout every day on Linkedin. Surprisingly I've yet to find an opening. It would be an easy job. I'd just play a lot of golf and then ask someone like DeeDub or BigRob what they think.

[phillyesq]

What do they expect a job advertisement in the Post Gazette or on Monster.com?

Great line...