When the Giants went 7-9 last season, he gathered the whole organization: scouts, coaches, personnel men.

West, the best personnel man in the league, is not tipping his hand, and 28 other executives are waiting so they can make their move.

But there were not the many trades that scouts and personnel men had expected.

First, several personnel men said they were stunned by the lack of trades.

If he worked out, personnel men in the organization would look like geniuses.

He told the personnel man to keep that confidential.

I want them to be the best scouts they can be, not the most versatile personnel men in the business.

But the personnel man began, at least, with a definite unconcern.

Indeed, several personnel men said the Ravens might have had the best draft of any team.

He earned respect as a personnel man in just four seasons.