MiamiJet Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Per NFL Network and Adam Shefter, George Kokinis was hired to our Front Office. This sounds great. Another solid move my Mangini. In his 3rd year as director of pro personnel and his 15th season as a member of the franchise, George Kokinis works closely with GM Ozzie Newsome in analyzing NFL rosters and evaluating free agent talent. Last spring, Baltimore signed a number of quality players, including Pro Bowlers WR Derrick Mason and CB Samari Rolle, and veterans LB Tommy Polley, G Keydrick Vincent, and LB Jim Nelson. The Ravens also retained key players such as RB Chester Taylor, TE Terry Jones, WR Randy Hymes, LS Joe Maese and P Dave Zastudil. In the midst of the 2004 season, Kokinis and assistant director of pro personnel, Vincent Newsome, brought in a number of key additions to fill in for some injured Ravens players, including TEs Daniel Wilcox and Darnell Dinkins, P Nick Murphy and RB Jamel White, all of whom made significant contributions to the squad. Kokinis, who has led the pro personnel staff for the last 3 years, continues to oversee the advance scouting of Ravens opponents, traveling weeks ahead to other NFL games to write reports for the Ravens' coaching staff. George also assisted vice president of football administration Pat Moriarty in negotiating the contracts of 2004 Ravens draft picks QB Josh Harris and OL Brian Rimpf. The Northeast area scout for 4 years (1996-99), George conducted "the box" workouts of college prospects before moving over to pro personnel. George began his NFL career with the Cleveland Browns in 1991 after serving an internship in the team's operations department. Kokinis graduated from Hobart College with a B.A. in psychology and earned his master's degree in sports management at the University of Richmond (1991), while working as a graduate assistant coach for the Spiders' baseball team. He played both football and baseball during his collegiate career, earning ECAC Baseball Player of the Year honors in 1989 as a pitcher for the Statesmen, and was selected to represent the conference in a NY vs. NJ All-Star Game played at Yankee Stadium. A 2-sport athlete at Wethersfield (CT) HS, George received the John Warren Potter Memorial Award, which recognizes competitiveness, school and team spirit and outstanding character. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Carmine, Frank, Mangini Foundation, which grants a laptop computer to a Wethersfield student athlete who has achieved beyond expectations both on the field and in the classroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Excellent move, bringing in somebody who has had a hand in the Ravens draft/FA moves is solid. They've done a very good job outside of Boller. More times than not they seem to take BAP as opposed to need if I'm not mistaken (see Terrell Suggs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSJ Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Mangini is making a habit of making decisions that just make sense. Another great hire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Oh well, it looks like Mike and the Mad Dog wasted three hours going on and on about how the Jets don't have anyone that has experience evaluating talent, yadda, yadda, yadda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 M&M wasting time? What else is new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSJ Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Ravens fans are pissed. http://mb9.scout.com/fravensinsiderfrm1.showMessage?topicID=40521.topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Mexico Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Valtrex Today, Valtrex Tomorrow, Valtrex Forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smizzy Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbn007 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I like this hire. Now we have a real Football guy, who will report to Tannenbaum, but probably will be used to bounce opinions off of. Eric and Mike will make good use of this guys background and insights. Well done. See 'ya Terry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4HCrew Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Well I am not appointing anyone a hero yet..the proof is in the pudding and that date is draft day. There still is not a fountain of knowledge on this staff..very risky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjets Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Mangini is making a habit of making decisions that just make sense. Another great hire. i agree, it should be an exciting offseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietjets Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Does it mean they will purse DT Kemoeatu? I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehands Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Is this real? It hasn't been mentioned anywhere and the timing of this move really screws up any work the guy did towards the Ravens draft board. Does anyone have a link to an article? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afosomf Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 and we need Badway now for ??? My guess is to keep our draft secrets protected... then it is adios TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernJet Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 and we need Badway now for ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Papi Green Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Ya know, us Jet fans have been getting screwed for years but this just makes it OFFICIAL we have a Mangina and a Kok-in-us unacceptable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanTX Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Mangini is making a habit of making decisions that just make sense. Another great hire. This crap is starting to piss me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raffyD Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 This crap is starting to piss me off. Good, now I feel even better about this as I truly believe TX knows his **** when it comes to this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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