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Originally Posted by celts32
My interpritation of Beems post was that even though Vinny did not have final call on players, he prepared the reports and grades on many of the players that Gibbs or Snyder chose between. Gibbs and Spurrier were coaches not scouts...they had to rely on someone to compile the lists of possible targets. I don't think the Redskins even deny that Vinny had a key role in that process. Gibbs credited Vinny often when talking about a player they aquired. I don't blame vinny for every bad decison of the last 10 years, but I do believe he has played a significant role in the redskins personel decisions since Snyder purchase the team, so in my eyes we can never have a clean start as long as he is a part of it.
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Very good point. However we'll likely never know how many times Vinny provided a good recommendation that they declined to follow up on. Wilbon has always said that the team would be better off if it had listened to him more over the years. Don't know if he has any specific references to back that up though.