Forget the draft - radio hosts and callers already rationalizing starter MATT CASSEL?

[htismaqe]

I don't get it.

I FULLY understand that not everybody is convinced that we should, or even will, draft a QB to start next year.

But what is it with the last few days of people talking about MATT ****ING CASSEL as next year's starter?

Caller after caller to 810. TJ Carpenter on Friday night telling everybody to be prepared for Matt Cassel because Reid can "fix him". Petro talking today about Reid being able to get "another 2010" out of Cassel.

Is this just a case of battered fan syndrome? Does anybody REALLY think Matt Cassel starting next year is a realistic scenario?

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

Yes he said something to that effect on Mike and Mike. He even called the qbs here fragile young men who needed coaching...something that they had not yet received. He specifically pointed out that Cassel had either many coaches or OCs (can't remember which) and that was part of his problem. That to me indicated he sees Matt Cassel as a possible project.

I listened to that interview. Cassel has received coaching. That hasn't been his problem because if Reid is going to say he hasn't, he's throwing his friend Jim Zorn right under the bus.

Matt Cassel is not in any plans.

[HotCarl]

Cassel's too expensive to be trained to be a game manager.

A project is a good idea, we should find a cheaper one.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

I listened to that interview. Cassel has received coaching. That hasn't been his problem because if Reid is going to say he hasn't, he's throwing his friend Jim Zorn right under the bus.

Matt Cassel is not in any plans.

Except he said it. I remember thinking that that comment wont fly with the angry mob and weary masses. Maybe he changed his tune but in that interview he sounded quite sympathetic and I thought open to the possibility of a Cassel return. IMO. So much so that I changed my previous assumption of Cassel being gone to a maybe not.