Ohio Fanatic said::shakeno: Not fair to base his talent on a single year, matter of fact, it's pretty naive. Yes, this wasn't a good year, but look at our friggin defense, it's built around studs that Jimmy drafted (Zach, JT, Sam Madison) ALso, our 2nd round pick this year was from trading Pat, a person Jimmy drafted. Just the fact that they are still starting after this many years shows what kind of players he drafted. ANd even the 1999 draft, Konrad was very talented, but never used right by Wanny the idiot and you can't anticipate him being injured all the time, he was healthy in college. Ruegemer is still a quality starter in this league and is better than our current center. Jermaine Haley was a great player considering he was drafted in the 7th round.
I am far from naive, I got a 50 on my wonderlic. :evil: Jermaine Haley a great player because he was drafted in 7th round ? So any player that doesn't get cut, and is a backup is a great player if they were drafted in the 7th round ? I actually think Pope is a better pick that Haley. On the Konrad part, I actually used to think we never used him right, but after many years of disappointment I just think the guy was overhyped. Keep in mind I stated that 99 was a bad draft from top to bottom, and thus based on that - and his Shannon, Avery, JJ Johnson, etc picks I believe the guy is "a little overrated" in drafting. Yes he got us Zach, JT, and Madison - great job there...but I can't think of one Offensive player he got that ever even became a good player, let along great.