I think he’d be a really good fit regardless of the role he gets, he’s wired in
to the league and to the culture of today’s players. And this job is widely
regarded as one of the plum roles in this league, great ownership, established
winning culture, one of the best coaches in the league, competitive year in
year out - it speaks volumes of the Steelers that once again, on a rare
occasion where they have a prominent vacancy to fill, is that they are being
thorough, open minded, thinking outside of the box and taking their time to get
the right man for the job. Helps that Colbert won’t be leaving until after the
draft so they have some time on their side, but I think Riddick will be the 7th
person they will be speaking to about this role.
On 8 Feb 2022, at 15:33, Scott H <blitzum@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Can't speak for his competence at the job, but I find him to be a level
headed analyst. As you note he has experience and from what I have ready is
easy to get along with which is important.
Scott in Jersey
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Subject: [steelers_pb] Here's a name.....
Now, here’s an interesting name I thought of a couple of weeks back in
relation to the Steelers GM job and external candidates and I’d had
conversations with a couple of people around his possible candidacy and
everyone agreed that he would be a very good person to speak to and it is
coming to pass - the Steelers are interviewing ESPN’s Louis Riddick for the
GM job.
He would be perfect, IMO. Former Pitt player, so he checks that box, worked
in personnel before, everyone who knows him speaks incredibly highly of him,
he understands the culture of the game well and knows the game inside and
out. Compared to the three guys they interviewed last week, I think he is the
best external candidate for the job.
I still think it will be a job share between Hunt and Khan, but this is my
guy if I’m going to bring someone in from the outside.
