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Originally Posted by Defensewins
I think you are wrong to assume Vinny Cerrato made those picks or decides who gets signed. V.C. is basically an overpaid talent scout. He has very little to do with the actual final decsion. He makes recommendations on the guys he likes, but the final descion comes down to D. Snyder and as of recent Joe Gibbs. Cerrato does not have the authority to pick anyone. There is not a single player on our roster where you can say 'Vinny found this guy and picked him.' Snyder will not give him that much authority.
Regarding your confussion as to what VC to not be very well liked...In speaking for myself, I never liked him since back when he was with San Fransico. If I recall correctly he took over a talented Superbowl team and overspent like crazy. I might be wrong but he was GM spent themselves into the mess they are in now.
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Actually, Cerrato and Coach vote, with Snyder casting the deciding vote. This was the setup under Spurrier as well, and I believe Turner before that. Only Schotty had full control, and I think that drove Dan nuts. So Cerrato has considerable influence, and is trusted in his evaluations.
But the point I wanted to make was this: If you go and sign every big free agent that's available, of course some will be succesfull, well others will bust. And that's what we do, year in and year out. This year its worked out ok, but I think that's alot of luck.
I think a much better index of Cerrato's GM acumen is our record in the draft, and its troubling. While we have done well with top 5 picks so far, I believe we would all agree that our record in later records, where teams seperate themselves, has been suspect at best.
Cerrato ain't Bethard, that's for sure.