Being a general manager is a tough job. Even the best general managers have a spotty history full of busts, free agency misfires, and potentially multiple head coaches. As much analytics, measurements, testing, and analytics go into scouting, a big component of the job is clearly more art than science.
So criticism of general managers should be taken with a grain of salt. With all of that in mind, when reviewing the latest general manager rankings, Dimitroff’s ranking is... surprising.
Dimitroff snuck into the top half of the league at 14th overall in this year’s Rotoworld rankings.