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Originally Posted by Mecca
I despise the Hali, Pollard, Croyle draft so you'll have a hard time getting me to say anything nice about that one.
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No, it wasn't a good draft. But his personnel strategy as a whole was solid. Decent draft in 2007 and outstanding 2008. He gave undrafted guys like Leggett, Cox, and Barth legitimate shots at winning starting jobs. And I think a lot needs to be said for how swiftly he was willing to admit he was wrong on personnel decisions. He was wrong on Sams and Novak, but unlike Vermeil, he was swift to correct that mistake. Apart from Croyle starting, I can't think of too many situations in 2008 where I thought the wrong guy was getting PT while a better player rode the pine.
I am pretty convinced that one of the reasons Pioli was enthusiastic about taking over the Chiefs is that he knew he had a pretty good foundation on the way to being built. I think given that we started from Ground Zero in 2008, we aren't in that bad of shape.