My guest is Les Snead, the General Manager of the Super Bowl champion St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams.
We discuss assessing character, uncovering hidden production and visible over-production, the nuances of trading players, the differences between building a team and collecting talent, fighting complacency, hiring the right coach, and why it’s so important to be relentlessly curious.
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A native of football-crazed Eufaula, Alabama, Snead served as a graduate assistant at Auburn University before he spent 14 years as an NFL scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons. He became the Rams’ GM in 2012 and over time built a reputation as an executive willing to make insightful draft picks as well as blockbuster trades, including his move to draft future Hall of Famer Aaron Donald in 2014 and trading for superstars Von Miller and Matthew Stafford on the way to winning the Super Bowl in February.
