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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
No. I defend him from ridiculous statements like this. This team wasn't in a nosedive. We went from cap hell to $57M cap space (before cutting Gonzalez). We went from the oldest roster in football to the youngest, including 10 core players who could play for 10 years.
If you take the roster Herm left behind. Have a reasonably effective 2009 draft. Effectively use the $57M in cap space. Keep Gonzalez. Bring in a decent QB. And hire a decent head coach / OC / DC. That team could have been excellent by 2009.
The team spiraled backwards because Pioli squandered the $57M. And then completely mismanaged the team after that. Including forcing a 3-4, which set us back a few years.
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Pioli did indeed fist**** the franchise. But it's not like he was given the keys to a ferrari. There were 17 mother****ers that deserved a roster spot. That's not starters, that's roster spots. And Herm had 3 years to come up with good players and he brought to the table 13 that weren't a ****ing joke. That is horrible, man. Really horrible.