Ryan Poles reveals one of the most difficult obstacles he’s faced in his career

Ryan Poles reveals one of the most difficult obstacles he’s faced in his career originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

Bears GM Ryan Poles has jumped through a lot of hoops to get to where he is today in his NFL executive career.

It started by being cut by the Bears in 2008 as an undrafted free agent out of Boston College. Following his short-lived playing career, he returned to his alma mater as a graduate assistant in recruiting.

In 2009, Poles jumpstarted his NFL executive career as a scouting assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs. He spent 13 seasons in Kansas City, serving as a college scouting coordinator, the director of college scouting, assistant director of player personnel, and executive director of player personnel.

He landed his first general manager position with the Bears in 2022. But not before he faced hardships during the tail end of his journey to becoming an NFL GM.

“One of the hardest moments I had was not getting the Carolina [Panthers] job,” Poles said on the “Excellent Leadership Podcast.” “That was my first interview. And I thought I did really well. I prepared really well. You know you kinda feel like you’re in the zone when you go through the interview process. It started with Zoom then it was in person.

“It’s not talked about much but you come up with this philosophy based on your experience and you share how you want to go about changing this organization and putting them in a really good position. And when you don’t get the job, you go back to your old job, you’ve already mentally put yourself in a leadership position, especially in the GM job.

“And then you have to go back to the old philosophy. You’re basically like ‘Alright, I took these good things from what we do now. I don’t like these things so I’m gonna toss that out.’ But you gotta go live in that and you’ve gotta be supportive to your group.”

Poles is talking about his interviews with the Panthers during the 2021 NFL offseason. About 12 seasons into his NFL front office career,…

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Publish date : 2024-09-13 23:20:21

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