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Lost amidst all the recent additions and subtractions from the Cowboys‘ coaching ranks was a bit of news that may prove to have the most positive impact on the Cowboys fortunes in 2012 and beyond: the fact that the Dallas Director of Player Personnel Tom Ciskowski will remain with the team (of course, we were all over it here at BTB; KD covered it in yesterday’s links post). Ciskowski been with the organization since 1992 (he was the guy who scouted and recommended Larry Allen); he took over the top scouting job after Jeff Ireland left for the Miami Dolphins following the 2007 season.

We can debate at length the impact (or lack thereof) that Bill Parcells had on the Cowboys organization; one fact, however, is indisputable: he did a masterful job of cleaning up (and cleaning out) what had been a moribund scouting department. He eliminated a lot of dead weight (I’m talking to you, Larry Lacewell) and promoted smart, steady,grinders like Ireland and Ciskowski. A lot of ink (and pixels) has been spilled over the Cowboys’ draft-day struggles, but few, if any, insiders blame Ciskowski and his personnel team who, by all reports, do a superb job scouting players, assigning grades, and assembling the big board.

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2012/1/13/2705401/cowboys-2012-draft-how-good-is-dallas-at-assembling-a-draft-board