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Just a few of my opinions on the Contributors candidates.

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Thanks Ken ... I forgot about Giddings Sr and Siwoff of Elias as well. I also feel if Nunn can get voted in, Wells could as well. I need to know more about Brocato, whose name sounds like it was from Rosemary's Baby ... haha. What could also hurt Wells is reporting to Don Klosterman, who has his ow...

even with new set of 25 (+3) voters, 25 of whom served on previous committee, it is a far "younger" panel of writers most of whom have covered game since 1990s or more recently, and none are historians-expecting them to support any scout or GM type from pre 1990 - over a player on same ba...

Getting back to your research on early scouting Ken, at least till the book comes out ... was there other pioneering scouts or pro personnel people that are getting overlooked or forgotten in the contributor process? Possible General Managers or team organizers similar to Peggy Parrett not getting ...

So Ken, you dont believe Vainisi was crucial in bringing in Lombardi? Helping out the coaches, GMs, scouts in helping bring all that HOF talent to GB? ... he had to have done more than being a traveling secretary, road logistics? Vainisi did not bring Lombardi to Green Bay. It was Bert Bell. This w...

Where the hell is Kilroy? Seriously? Especially since they changed the rules to get Doug Williams in. Kilroy was a HOF executive. Add the fact that he was an All-Decade player and it is beyond a no-brainer. Kotal not getting a sniff is criminal. Kotal and Kilroy did more to advance scouting and per...

Brian wolf wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2026 2:01 pm Ken, whats the story? ... anything new on the announcement/rumors front? ... Thanks Paul.

Nope. I am frozen out of the process with the changes.

The Hall did release a short video yesterday going over the new election process, including interviews with staff and former voter Peter King (weird that they choose not to interview current voter), so perhaps thats a precuser of upcoming announcements??? Peter King was promoting his new book on th...

Not surprising. Porter is not known for taking criticism well.

I would go White Shoes, but I may be biased since we both graduated from the same alma mater. I do think that he has a slight edge over Upchurch, but both do belong.