Philadelphia is a gold-standard organization, and with teams across the league copying their formula, it’s been hard to retain elite front office talent. Jeff McLane of The Inquirer is reporting another departure: Anthony Patch, the Eagles’ senior director of college scouting, is leaving the organization to take a senior position with the Raiders.
While others in the personnel department received promotions or moved into other roles in recent years — some of them mostly nominal — Patch was a consistent presence on the college evaluation side.
He didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The Eagles declined to comment, but a source said that the team was sad to see Patch go, but understood that taking what amounted to a promotion with the Raiders was best for him professionally and personally.
Patch was one of the Eagles’ longest-tenured scouts, first joining the organization as college scouting coordinator in 2002. Patch was the senior director of college scouting in Philadelphia, but McLane reports that the move to Las Vegas is viewed as a promotion.
Patch will work under new Raiders GM Jon Spytek, who was a scout with the Eagles from 2005 to 2009.
This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Eagles director of college scouting Anthony Patch hired by the Raiders
Philadelphia is a gold-standard organization, and with teams across the league copying their formula, it’s been hard to retain elite front office talent. Jeff McLane of The Inquirer is reporting another departure: Anthony Patch, the Eagles’ senior director of college scouting, is leaving the organization to take a senior position with the Raiders.
While others in the personnel department received promotions or moved into other roles in recent years — some of them mostly nominal — Patch was a consistent presence on the college evaluation side.
He didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The Eagles declined to comment, but a source said that the team was sad to see Patch go, but understood that taking what amounted to a promotion with the Raiders was best for him professionally and personally.
Patch was one of the Eagles’ longest-tenured scouts, first joining the organization as college scouting coordinator in 2002. Patch was the senior director of college scouting in Philadelphia, but McLane reports that the move to Las Vegas is viewed as a promotion.
Patch will work under new Raiders GM Jon Spytek, who was a scout with the Eagles from 2005 to 2009.
This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Eagles director of college scouting Anthony Patch hired by the Raiders
