Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan
What we have here are two differing philosophies to team building. The draft is the draft is the draft; nobody is advocating or even attempting bring some wild, new, maverick strategy to the whole process, it simply is what it is.
Team building is the issue we're dealing with, and these are the two camps:
Group A believes that you build a team from the ground up. Linemen, LB's, CB's, and RB's comprise your core. You get this together, you get it right, and THEN you bring in the best QB you can get to lead your team.
This QB does not necessarily have to be a draft pick, and in most cases he won't be; you've built your 8-8 "powerhouse", you'll never see draft position worth a shit to get the best picks, and "why ya' gonna' bring in some n00b to lead all this experienced awesomeness, I tells 'ya"?!
Group B, the group I belong to, believes that excellence and long-term success come by building from the top down.
Ownership, General Manager, Head Coach, Coordinators, Squad Coaches, Trainers, and Quarterback.
I subscribe to this philosophy for the reason that the Quarterback is your team's leader, and that leadership should be brought as early as possible in the situation we find ourselves in, that leadership should be developed from the get-go in a major rebuild, and that leadership should be constant as time goes on and as the great players, the not-so great players, and the scrubs come and go.
As much as I loathe the Donkos, they did it the right way with Elway. Regardless of who may have played with him over the years, when you heard "Denver Broncos", the first image in your minds eye was John Elway.
It's time for Kansas City to acquire and develop it's John Elway.
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