Paraag Marathe Thread

Originally posted by midrdan:

Not sure if Holmgren was available or not ... he has always thought of returning to SF as his ideal scenario though. I think, however, that the analytics are simply pointing out that Holmgren would not be a good hire compared to, say, Mike Nolan, because of Holmgren's history and the fact that few coaches with that history went on to win another SB.

That's a flawed analytic IMO. Truly top of the line guys at certain aspects of the game are rare. IMO, holmgren's mastery of the WCO makes him a homerun hire especially in 2005. Boy, I wonder what QB he woulda wanted. My WCO heart breaks at the thought of Holmgren paired with Rodgers.

In 2011 - Killion reports NFL source as saying 49ers have the worst organization structure in the NFL. (This was before Baalke was officially hired as GM) http://annkillion.com/2011/01/disingenuous-jed-his-inhouse-49ers-hire/

Originally posted by midrdan:

In 2011 - Killion reports NFL source as saying 49ers have the worst organization structure in the NFL. (This was before Baalke was officially hired as GM) http://annkillion.com/2011/01/disingenuous-jed-his-inhouse-49ers-hire/

Source, source source, coward, coward coward

Originally posted by midrdan:
And this, from Bloomberg, confirms Marathe's meteoric rise through the organization: http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=71545615&privcapId=7728258

The guy has been - Assistant to the General Manager then Director of Football Operations then Vice President of Football Operations then Chief Operating Officer, and now President.

His philosophy, in his own words, from a 2005 interview: http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/offensive-line/Content?oid=2158707&storyPage=2

"The name of the game is not finding the best players, as conventional wisdom says," according to Marathe. "The name of the game is finding the best possible players for the lowest price. ... It's just being smart about managing your money. It's what a financial adviser would do for a client." Two off-season acquisitions stand out: Marques Douglas, an underrated defensive end from Baltimore whom Pro Football Prospectus described as possibly "the most economically sound signing of free agency"; and, perhaps counterintuitively, Jonas Jennings, a 28-year-old left tackle who has missed most of the season with a shoulder injury. In March, Jennings signed a reported seven-year, $36 million contract. "People thought Jonas Jennings was an expensive free agent," Marathe says. "But... left tackles -- productive ones -- play a long time, and he was the youngest possible unrestricted free agent." Moreover, according to the NFL Players Association, the average base salary for an offensive tackle with four years of experience is about $5.8 million a year. "He's clearly better than an average left tackle, in our scouting view," Marathe adds. "To us, it was a great value."

His philosophy on coaching, from the same article:

Part of the problem, Marathe says, was that the Niners were one of three teams looking for a head coach, "and we were the only team doing the non-conventional approach." In football, he says, the "common business practice" is the old boy network: "'I knew somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody else who knows him.'" Or maybe there's a hot college coach whose name gets dropped nightly on SportsCenter. The 49ers, however, "wanted to be agnostic about the process," Marathe says. Sifting through the past 25 years of NFL history, they identified a dozen or so of the most successful coaches based on measures like playoff appearances, average victories per season, and team improvement in their first two years on the job. The list that resulted could probably be drawn up in 10 minutes on a cocktail napkin in a sports bar -- Joe Gibbs, Bill Walsh, Bill Belichick, Andy Reid, Mike Shanahan, and so on -- but what happened next was unique: They identified the traits those "superstar head coaches" had in common, traits that Marathe placed in two "buckets." "The first bucket is, What did those superstars possess prior to getting the job?" he explains. "Who else did those superstars work for before they got their chance? What was their background? In their previous jobs, if they were coordinators, did they improve their unit? The second bucket is, What did they possess during their job that made them successful? That was a little more subjective, but we were able to do a ton of research." From his analysis, he discovered that the best coaches tended to have worked on the staffs of winning teams, often under other top coaches. In addition, he found that nearly all of the superstar coaches were disciplinarians by reputation.

Using those traits as screening criteria, the 49ers whittled down the list of candidates to just a handful -- coaches who hit on most, if not all, of the important measures. "Boiling the ocean," Marathe calls it. An advisory committee that included former 49ers players and coaches further thinned the list, down to five who would go on to interview. (Noticeably absent from the interviews were any college coaches. Marathe, while emphasizing that there were "a lot of other factors," points to the track record of college coaches making the jump to the pros without any prior NFL experience. Only two or three have had career winning records.)

The interviews -- all but one of them conducted in a hotel in St. Louis, away from media scrutiny in the Bay Area -- were epic sessions, some lasting six, seven hours, straight through lunch and into the afternoon. The questions ranged across the spectrum, but they all coalesced around a single point. "You're not just looking for a guy who's a head coach," Marathe says. "You want a guy who can manage the inflows and outflows of personnel, and understands that, in the Salary Cap Era, you're going to have churn on your roster. How a coach can manage churn, or how he understands that he has to manage that churn, is an important part of today's football knowledge."

f**k this douche. He thinks he is so smart, but all that matters is that prior to Harbs his record is 44 - 88 (or something like that). All this talk means f**king jack s**t. Get this f**ker out of here. I hope when Jed finally does speak up someone asks about Paraag.

So pissed off right now.

Originally posted by Ike49:

Originally posted by midrdan:
In 2011 - Killion reports NFL source as saying 49ers have the worst organization structure in the NFL. (This was before Baalke was officially hired as GM) http://annkillion.com/2011/01/disingenuous-jed-his-inhouse-49ers-hire/

Source, source source, coward, coward coward

Woodward and Bernstein were cowards too, I suppose. How do you think reporters get stories? If they leaked the names of their sources, no one would come forward. There would be no "story". Look at the title of this thread - we are trying to understand who the source or sources are within the 49ers organization. Ann Killion has been in the business for a long, long time. I think, as a reporter, if she is reporting she has information from inside the organization then she has information from inside the organization. But believe what you want ... All those sources last year about Harbaugh getting fired were wrong too, I guess.

he leaking he soaking wet...... skeet skeet skeet.

Originally posted by midrdan:

Originally posted by Ike49:

Originally posted by midrdan:
In 2011 - Killion reports NFL source as saying 49ers have the worst organization structure in the NFL. (This was before Baalke was officially hired as GM) http://annkillion.com/2011/01/disingenuous-jed-his-inhouse-49ers-hire/

Source, source source, coward, coward coward

Woodward and Bernstein were cowards too, I suppose. How do you think reporters get stories? If they leaked the names of their sources, no one would come forward. There would be no "story". Look at the title of this thread - we are trying to understand who the source or sources are within the 49ers organization. Ann Killion has been in the business for a long, long time. I think, as a reporter, if she is reporting she has information from inside the organization then she has information from inside the organization. But believe what you want ... All those sources last year about Harbaugh getting fired were wrong too, I guess.

thank you midrdan for these posts.

"The name of the game is not finding the best players, as conventional wisdom says," according to Marathe. "The name of the game is finding the best possible players for the lowest price. ... It's just being smart about managing your money. It's what a financial adviser would do for a client."



we are sooo screwed....are they in the business of running an NFL team or saving for retirement..."it's what a financial advise would do for a client"..GTFO

Originally posted by DrJawbreaker:
thank you midrdan for these posts.

All it takes is a willingness to avoid actual work in favor of Google researching Paraag Marathe articles from 10 years ago.

Originally posted by Hitman49:
"The name of the game is not finding the best players, as conventional wisdom says," according to Marathe. "The name of the game is finding the best possible players for the lowest price. ... It's just being smart about managing your money. It's what a financial adviser would do for a client."



we are sooo screwed....are they in the business of running an NFL team or saving for retirement..."it's what a financial advise would do for a client"..GTFO

he really said that ?

lol at this thread

Will it be at 50+ pages when I wake up tomorrow morning?

Originally posted by susweel:

he really said that ?

Yes. The links are to interview transcripts but I pasted the excerpts. Where you see quotes, that's are Marathe. I think he was VP of Operations when he gave that quote.

Originally posted by midrdan:

Originally posted by susweel:
he really said that ?

Yes. The links are to interview transcripts but I pasted the excerpts. Where you see quotes, that's are Marathe. I think he was VP of Operations when he gave that quote.

no wonder the York's love him. he going nowhere

Be carefull , last time Paraag was getting heat, he blamed it on racism.

Originally posted by FL9er:

lol at this thread

Will it be at 50+ pages when I wake up tomorrow morning?

Marathe needed his own thread. He is like the Sith Lord of the 49ers organization. The, uh, Phantom Menace if you will. You literally have to go back 5-10 years to get his thoughts on football. Then the backlash from the media in 2008 and in 2010 and now ... He don't talk much anymore unless it's a paid speaking engagement at MIT or whatever.