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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Dick Vermeil had 5 years. 5 drafts, 38 picks, and only 6 amounted to literally anything (I'm being VERY generous with Jimmy Wilkerson. And that includes a punter). Herm had 3 years and brought in 7 (and that's being very generous leaving Dorsey and Page off the list).
Dick Vermeil built a roster of long-term players because he spent a shitload on free agents. Free agents are known commodities. Vermeil gave big contracts to: Trent Green, Priest, Wiegmann, Roaf, Kennison, Morton, Shawn Barber, Dexter McCleon, Patrick Surtain, Kendrell Bell, Carlos Hall, John Welbourn, Sammy Knight. 13 PLAYERS. Herm spent on Damion McIntosh, Ty Law, and Napoleon Harris.
Being an axe man wasn't easy. Again, Vermeil/Peterson restructured these contracts to death and gave long-term contracts to geriatrics, so there was a massive amount of dead money. And it's well known that Herm went over peterson's head and direct to Clark Hunt to get the axes laid down. In an NFL where coaches get blamed for 1 bad season, it was incredibly bold for Herm to accept losing seasons to clean up the roster.
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Doesn't matter how they came. Vermiel had more young guys that had an NFL career than Herm. As bad as Vermiel was at drafting -was he even involved? I don't know - Herm was as bad at FA pickups. Like I said, there were more guys that played 3 years when Vermiel was done than Herm. That's embarrassing.
And yes, being an axe man is easy if you don't give a flying feces about winning. It's easy. Trade anything with value. Cut everyone else, sign whomever the **** walks in the door. Crow about being young. Play shit ball. Easy peasy.