Help with essay, football knowledge

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by skinster

I'm writing an essay about seemingly impossible dream jobs and why they are impossible. My dream job is an NFL GM, but despite the fact that there are only 32 of them, another requirement seems to be having actually played football at a reasonably high level. Before I say this, I'd like to know if anyone knows of any GMs/front office guys that didn't play football or grow up in a football family that could disprove what I say?

Not an important requirement. Football is not brain surgery. Over time you can learn football X and O's, scheme and how to film study.
But as Ryan Leif proves yet again (arrested) yesterday, this time for burglary, his probation status in Texas for an arrest in 2009 will be revoked and he is going to jail.
The most important ability of any Gm or talent evaluator is the ability to judge character and work ethic in direct conjunction to talent evaluation. Of course talent evaluation is critically important, but JaMarcus Russell's and Mike Vick's of the world are everywhere, the Tom Brady's are hiding and harder to find.

Order of GM skills needed:
1) Judge Character- hiring players, coaches and scouts
1A) Talent evaluation - of course
2) Organizational skills - to organize a draft, to properly scout hundreds of college players in a draft class and correctly order them on your draft board.
3) Football Knowledge - important but not tops on the list.