Even if Ruskell isn't hired as GM, it really concerns me that he has been left him in charge of the draft preparations.
I said yesterday that the success or failure of this upcoming draft could very well dictate this team's fortunes for the next 3 to 5 years. It is much too critical a draft for a hack with Ruskell's track record to have even a finger in the process, yet until and unless another GM is named, he's running the show.
If we drag the GM search out too much longer, then the new GM not only will have no say over the coaching, but he'll be handcuffed in personnel evaluation as well because his prep time leading up to the draft will be so short. Knowing how Halas Hall works, I can totally see us bringing in a new GM and there on his desk is a list of the draft "recommendations" that will have been made for him (by Ruskell, God help us)... and it will be very hard for him to deviate too far from that because there won't be enough time to blow up the draft board and start from scratch.