The team has announced interviews with seven candidates for the vacancy and are expected to make a decision in the near future. With a general manager in place, the Lions now will turn their attention to securing a head coach. We look forward to him helping lead our organization as we take the next steps as a team."
"His abilities as a critical thinker, along with his extensive experience implementing technology and analytics into his approach to scouting, were among the many decisive qualities Brad displayed in our time getting to know him during the interview process. "Throughout our search for a new general manager, Brad was someone who stood out immediately," Lions president and CEO Rod Wood said in a statement. Holmes was the only one to have a second, in-person interview. Prior to hiring Holmes, the Lions interviewed a dozen candidates, including several former general managers. In an interview with The Athletic this fall, Holmes further elaborated on not putting too much stock in combine results while discussing rookie safety Jordan Fuller, who after being selected in the sixth round of the draft, started 12 games for the Rams this season. That attitude clearly played a role in the selections of Donald, who was widely viewed as under-sized coming out of the University of Pittsburgh, and Kupp, who played at a small school and posted a relatively slow 40-yard time at the combine. Heart - there’s just not an analytical measure for that." And those are some of the hardest things to figure out. ".Looking back at how I used to be so enamored with the physical traits portion of it, at this stage now it’s like, man, if this guy doesn’t have the intangibles or the character, he’s not going to make it," Holmes said. "They’re just not. What level of passion does he have? How much does football mean to him? How hard does he really work? Does he have a mental toughness when things go bad? Can he bounce back? Can he persevere? So you have to find out what actually drives the player. Everybody is big, strong, athletic, fast, agile. "When you get to the NFL level, everybody has got ability," Holmes said. "Everybody is talented. In a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo! in 2019, Holmes talked about his scouting philosophy, specifically the importance of looking beyond physical traits. All of those qualities will ensure he is set up to be successful in this next chapter of his career." “He has spent his entire career with the Rams and he earned this position with the Lions due to his dedication to being an astute evaluator of football talent, dynamic intelligence, unwavering leadership and humility. "We are all excited for this opportunity for Brad," Snead said in a statement. In the years since, the franchise that has drafted defensive tackle Aaron Donald, quarterback Jared Goff and wide receiver Cooper Kupp while establishing itself as a consistent contender in the NFC. Shortly after taking the Rams GM job, Snead promoted Holmes to be his college scouting director. "At that point in time, Billy Devaney was GM of the Rams and I remember texting Billy after hearing Brad present and saying, 'Hey, that young man is special.'" "There was a young man, Brad Holmes, first time presenting, (did a) unbelievable job," Snead said. It's these young scouts, cutting their teeth for the first time, presenting the draft board to a lot of GMs and VPs in the audience.
That's a tough job because no one has said this player is good or bad or the star of the show. Basically, in the spring, a lot of teams that are part of NFS go down and they hear the draft board for the first time. "This is when I was a (Atlanta) Falcon and Brad is a Ram," Snead said. "NFS (National Football Scouting), which runs the combine, they scout the players for the first time. Les Snead, the Rams general manager who has been Holmes' boss since 2012, shared his earliest impression of Holmes on Twitter. Holmes moved into the scouting department, first as an intern, eventually serving as a regional scout in the all-important Southeast region. Subscribe to get full access to Detroit News stories, videos and more Already a subscriber? Log in to your account From the editor: Why local reporting is worth paying for Contact us with your story ideas
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