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Originally Posted by smittysbar
You realy think it would have got this bad with DV and al here?  |
Yes I do. DV completely neglected the draft. And the players he did draft wasted away on the bench. He could not see the big picture. Look at his draft choices today, and see how many are still contributing in the league. Then think how that continued behavior would look on this team. His continued insistence on patching holes with "good ol' boy" acquaintances year after year hampered development and set us back more and more as time went on. DV lucked into one of the best OLines in history. And I believe that any coach could have had offensive success behind that line. Just look at what Solari and Saunders did after Roaf and Shields were gone. Don't you question why they bombed after that line went away?
When you look at all the areas of the team, DV really only excelled in one area. Offense. And take away Roaf and Shields, and most of that goes away. He was absolutely terrible with the defense. Terrible. The staunchest of supporters would admit to that. And these days a one-sided team simply will not win. Actually his one-sided philosophy really didn't win shit when he was here. Just a lot of offensive stats dazzling fans with lots of points but heartbreaking losses. In the end, he had 5 years to patch together a legitimate team. 5 years. The most he could eek out of it was a pathetic performance where we couldn't force a punt the entire game.
Put Vermeil in charge of this bunch today, and we'd see a different colored turd that stinks just the same, while ignoring youth and building for the future. We're not getting it done now, but Vermeil wouldn't be better.