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Originally Posted by talastan
I'm basing my observation on his past actions. How many times have you seen the Patriots cave in to the demands of a Player? How many times did Parcells/Belicheat/Haley give in to a player? These guys look at the players as employees. If Bowe was actually threatening to not sign a contract and hold out based on Cassel being the starter then from what I've seen in the past, Pioli would more than likely just franchise him at that point. However if I'm out and about and I see Scott sitting at the bar I'll be sure to buy him a drink and push Manning as an option.  |
my smartass point was that everyone around here seems to have decided that they have a book on Pioli when they really don't.
1. nobody here really knows Pioli personally
2. In new england he drafted Brady his 1st year so we don't know what he would of done with QB's after that. Belichek/Pioli did cut bait with Bledsoe and go with a rookie(Brady) pretty quickly so as a pair they were aggressive. No reason for Pioli to draft a QB high after getting Brady.
3. As the Jet's pro personnel guy, Pioli was part of the process where they traded around and got four 1st round draft picks in the same draft and picked Shaun Ellis,John Abraham,Chad Pennington,Anthony Becht and Laveranues Coles with their top 5 picks. So he has drafted a QB in the 1st and he has been productive and aggressive.
4. For the Ravens in 1996(his only year there) he was part of the draft that picked. Jonathan Ogden,Ray Lewis and Jermaine Lewis .
5. in Pioli's 3rd year here he draft Stanzi in the 5th round. So he's not ignoring it.
all these people running around saying Pioli won't do this or that ... can't do this or hasn't done/proven shit are blowing smoke and spouting bullshit.
overreaction FTL