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Originally Posted by Mike
I don't think that would sit well with Gary. I know that would not sit well if that happened to me. Shanny was a disaster his last few years in Denver and made alot of bad draft decisions.
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But that's why we keep Rick Smith in charge of personnel.
2008- Ryan Clady and Eddie Royal in the 1st and 2nd.
2007- Jarvis Moss seems to be a bust.
2006- Culter, Scheffler, Marshall, and Dumervil with the first four picks rivals our '06 draft.
2005- Darrent Williams (R.I.P.) was becoming a good corner, not to mention the awesome Chris Myers.
2004- DJ Williams at linebacker.
2000-2003 had some misses. Foster ('03) was traded to Detroit for Dre Bly along with Tatum Bell (picked in '04). Ashley Lelie in the '02 draft, but they did pick Portis in round 2.
I am not sure who was controlling every personnel decision during that time but it seems that talent was not an issue by the end of his tenure. He was a little stubborn about making defensive changes but I can't see him coming here and blowing things up on that side of the ball as we have invested more on defense than Denver did. Yes there were the Maurice Clarett head scratchers from time to time but every team will make missteps. If Gary and Mike accept I think it could work for us.
I like Cowher, though my first choice would always be Tony Dungy but he will not come back to coaching I think, but would we have a small step back during the transistion as he changes the team? Now if you can guarantee me that is what it will take to make this team a Super Bowl contender, then great, let's take our medicine and do it, but of course there are no such guarantees.
I think one off season of focusing on mainly fixing the running game to protect leads and open up the play action passing game even more and we are in playoffs, meaning getting a big back (Gerhart, Dwyer or the like) and a couple of interior linemen or a tackle and slide one of our current tackles inside. I want a nasty running attack that would take pressure off of Schaub, not have issues on short yardage, and keep our defense on the sidelines.
This team is headed in the right direction talent wise so I am not convinced many personnel changes are the answer and I think Cowher might bring that as his system will be totally different I presume, maybe he works with what we have but I have my doubts. I guess my concern is more about learning a new system as we do have good talent already and that would surely be something that attracts Cowher, or any coach for that matter.