There is no one best practice in finding a general manager, let alone in formulating a front office. Conventional wisdom tells you that you want a scout in the driver’s seat, but that mode has evolved over the years, with more teams seeking candidates with a more organizational mindset.
While there is a false narrative promulgated about new Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan that he is ‘just a cap guy’, the implication being that he doesn’t know much about scouting, the team isn’t leaving its new captain without a second in command.
They are bringing back one of their own, of sorts, in Andy Weidl, who was first hired by outgoing general manager Kevin Colbert’s predecessor, Tom Donahoe, who hired the area native to be an intern in 1998.