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Originally Posted by dustygoon
I am curious why Todd Button has been head of scouting for so long. He was head under Sutter, Feaster, Burke, Tre and now Conroy.
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Here's the thing... it's really hard to guage his performance as head of scouting. I mean sure you can look at what's been produced via the draft but ultimately Button isn't the one making the choices, it's management. He can supply them with his opinions, he can make his own rankings, and help compile a board but that means nothing if the guy walking up to the podium doesn't say the next name up.
There are other things to consider to... we don't know what his marching orders were. I mean let's say that Burke went up to him and said "I want the biggest snarliest snarls who ever did truculat!"... As a good employee Button would go out and compile a list based on that directive. That that list is unlikely to produce as good a draft as a neutral one that didn't have that directive wouldn't be on Button.
Really the Front Office as a whole (Button included) has to be judged on that to share in the outcome.