Famous Poseurs: Mike Maycock & Others

[Selassie I]

It occurred to me after watching a recent Rich Eisen Show where Maycock was afforded the respect as a Draft Guru that he once had before his disastrous stint as the Raiders GM. He was hired by Bowl Cut (Davis) based largely on his NFL draft evaluations on the NFL Network, as it appeared to me. Once hired, his prior constant availability on NFL Network went dark as he became the GM and supposed savior of the Raiders.
He was a TV guy and not a GM. He failed with the Raiders and is back to being a Draft personality after a few years. His firing by one of the worst NFL teams and the lack of interest by any other Pro team indicates that he was a poseur as an NFL GM.
Other poseurs?

Adam Archuletta~ NFL Safety. Supposedly exotically trained by his Dad and received nutrition from an early age, to become an NFL Superman. First round pick by the Rams. He played OK for us, but then went to his second team and was a huge disappointment. The poseur aspect was the build up that he had before drafting him and never living up to the hype.
Chip Kelly, Nick Saban, NFL HC's? College HC's supposed to be the next Big Thing as NFL HC's. Nope.

Give those you considered as highly promoted players, Coaches and Front Office staff only to be total disappointments This is slightly different than BUSTS, IMO

This is a case where you are not requesting a pardon for your French. That spelling does own a better description definition wise than the English spelling (poser). Mahalos for using it as it sparked my interest. I don't remember ever noticing the French spelling before.

I'm not using French unless there is no other option though. I just can't do it.

Another favorite word of mine that does work as another word for poser is kook. It can also hide it's meaning from most because it's an old surfing term... most people don't speak Spicoli. So you can use that word and most won't realize the full extent of it's ugly meaning.

BTW... I called out the stupidity of hiring Mayock as soon as the raiduhs announced it. Same with "Golden Chain" - one of my names for Jon Gruden. Look up the thread about it in here for confirmation if needed. LOL

 

[den-the-coach]

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum...Jets & Dolphins.