Pats part ways director of scouting projects Marshall Oium

[sb1]

I thought quite a few teams do this post draft but still feels like an odd move. Guess they just wanted a new perspective?

Or Russini was with him too? lol

 

[borg]

Did he take Saturday off too?

 

[Gumby]

I don’t know….Director of SCOUTING PROJECTS just sounds like the kind of title that is a no-show job given to someone who did good work once but just needs a transition time to his next job or retirement.

I also don’t ever recall hearing the name Marshall Oium before. Not in BB or mayonnaise days.
Let alone like he was in charge of anything significant.

Not sure this should even be a blip on a fans radar.

 

[Ross12]

I updated the title because there’s no evidence he was fired. Often these contracts expire after the draft for front office positions. This may be as simple as choosing not to renew his contract which is not the same as firing him. Firing him implies something wrong was done. “Part ways” make me think it’s simply just letting his deal run out.

Either way… has anyone even heard of this guy before today anyway? Does anyone think this matters at all?

 

[Rob0729]

I am not surprised that the Pats would part ways with Oium. Oium was a Belichick guy who was here before Vrabel and Cowden and even Wolf. They probably didn't want to fire him and waited out his contract as Ross said. Now they will replace him with someone who is either Wolf's guy or Cowden's guy or both.

They want people in high positions who subscribe to the scouting philosophies of the current regime. Oium might not have been adverse to how Wolf changed the scouting department, but he also isn't all that well versed either.

 

[sb1]

I updated the title because there’s no evidence he was fired. Often these contracts expire after the draft for front office positions. This may be as simple as choosing not to renew his contract which is not the same as firing him. Firing him implies something wrong was done. “Part ways” make me think it’s simply just letting his deal run out.

Either way… has anyone even heard of this guy before today anyway? Does anyone think this matters at all?

Other teams shuffle up their scouting staff post draft. Just thought that was odd.

 

[Rob0729]

Other teams shuffle up their scouting staff post draft. Just thought that was odd.

Nah! When you factor he was not a Wolf hire (although Wolf did promote him two years ago), you can see that he might eventually move on. Probably just a bad fit for Wolf's new scouting system.