No elite in this draft.

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I was a fan of the Pioli hire. I thought at the very least he was an upgrade from Carl Peterson.

Part of the reason why is before Clark hired ANYBODY he did a press interview one-on-one with Mitch Holthus, in which he said, "Part of the change I want to bring to the organization is drafting and developing our own QB."

I thought for sure that Pioli would be a part of that plan, in addition to carrying out all the fancy shit on his wonderful resume. Coupled with the start we already got in the 2008 draft, I was pretty ****ing excited.

Then he traded for Matt Cassel. That's when doubt started to set in. Then the Tyson Jackson pick.

I didn't fully turn my back on him 100% until last year's 0-2 start. But the seeds of despair were planted in a matter of mere weeks in the form of the Cassel trade and the 2009 draft.

If Marc Ross does the same thing to my favorite team in all of sports, I'm not going to waste my time like I did with Pioli. I will be irate.