Garrett obviously has a big say in personnel decisions and deserves blame for the OL being in the condition that it is in. You could argue that a HC should not be making those decisions and that the HC should have a strong GM who is capable of building what the HC needs, and I'd agree with you, but Garrett quite obviously has a say in our personnel, especially on the offensive side of the ball.
And yet here we are, going into Garrett's 3rd full year as a HC and the state of the OL is still up in the air.
Do you think Jerry pulled Bernadeau and Livings out of his ass because he watches so much film in between organizing boxing matches and jacking off to the artwork in the new stadium?
Give me a break.
I agree with all that, but I still don't think he's learned "nothing" -- after all, we've taken a first round OL now twice in years when he's been involved here after never doing it at all in Jerry's tenure.
The problem is it's hard to fault him for being bad at personnel. It would be like if you had a company and you needed an HR manager and you went out and hired someone to be your CEO and then said, "Oh, you've gotta run the HR department too." Well, probably not the best fit for that guy. Even doing his best he's probably going to mess things up in that regard. The real solution would be to go get an HR guy.
I know, I know.... in our company, we will never have a separate HR guy, so we need a CEO that does both things. So I've said many times now we need an elite HC.