| DaWolf |
09-23-2009 01:06 PM |
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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58
(Post 6102612)
As they were saying on Sirius NFL Radio yesterday, Dimitroff is the only success to have come out of NE.
And the reason they gave for it is that he's his own man. Notice what he did when he got to Atlanta:
No talk about the Patriot Way.
Went against almost every core belief of the Patriots organization:
-Spent high draft pick on franchise QB
-Spent big money in FA at the RB position, among others.
-Traded a high draft pick for a guy that plays a complementary position, who only wants to play another year or two.
Just a few examples.
They said he's gone against the grain ever since he was an area scout for the Pats. It's not surprising to see the guy succeed, where everyone else that has left NE has failed.
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Did you even read the article? All he did was talk about the way they did it with the Patriots and how he brought that to Atlanta.
Also to say he went against the "core beliefs of the Patriots organization" is laughable. They've acquired guys who love football and are about winning. Specific to your points:
1) Who ever said it's against their philosophy to draft a QB high? The Pats already had Drew Bledsoe and then Brady emerged, so when was there ever a need to draft a QB high? Atlanta meanwhile was a totally different animal, you just had your franchise QB going to jail and fan apathy was abound. Matt Ryan was the perfect "Patriots type" player, a guy who was all about football and all about improving. And Arthur Blank was pushing for the QB to be picked because they needed a new face to the franchise. So that's where they went.
2) The Pats have never been shy about free agency. They have been smart about it. And you could say that about Atlanta too. They didn't overpay, they went out and got the right guys for that team.
3) Traded for Randy Moss and Wes Welker. So where's the difference? If you have an opportunity to get a few playmakers who can make the difference on your team, you get them, and both organizations did.
This whole thing about Dimitrioff abandoning anything that had to do with the Patriots is just a fallacy. Just because Mike Smith isn't a Bellichick clone doesn't mean he didn't implement the same values in the organization, which as the article points out, he did (and mentioned the Patriots influence several times throughout it)... |
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