The blueprint is there. Washington, Detroit, Niners, Texans. Get an experienced front office guy with a player personnel background and pair him up with an and up and coming proven hot coaching name like Ben Johnson as HC. That's the blueprint. There's no need to make it more complex than what it needs to be.
DeMeco Ryans and Dan Campbell were not up and coming names. Campbell specifically was mocked tirelessly in the media. So I’m with Nagle on this - there isn’t really a single blueprint. And for what it’s worth, the Jets hired their best candidate for GM since Parcells was here by getting Douglas. He sucked and it didn’t work but he had an extensive personnel background working for multiple organizations.
Borgonzi is next level as he was their head of scouting and head of player personnel before becoming the Asst Gm. He's also been there since the beginning with Andy Reid and built this dynasty alongside him and Veach. 16 years with the Chiefs speaks for itself. Joe Douglas was a typical Jets hire. He worked with the Eagles and Ravens so people automatically assume he's some guru. Quite the contrary, he was one of the worst evaluators of talent that I've ever seen. Way too many of his picks inside and outside of the 1st round were fireable offenses. He also had no blueprint for how to build the team and was all over the place. Enough about Joe Douglas. He was garbage. I laid out my plan. Get Borgonzi and Ben Johnson and the Jets are in a vastly improved position right out the gate. These guys are integral parts of their organizations and are proven winners.
I know very little about the pool of GM candidates but Borgonzi sounds interesting. Has he had offers in the past and just chosen to stay with the Chiefs?
