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Originally Posted by The Bad Guy
Pretty good job? Based on what grading scale?
Just because Vermeil sucked that doesn't give Herm a pass.
He had one draft that was very productive.
His 2006 draft was a pretty big pile of shit. There are just 3 picks from that draft still on the roster - Hali (good pick), Croyle (ehh), Page (good pick considering).
From the 2007 draft, we have TWO players still on the roster - Bowe (good pick), Kolby Smith (nothing great).
Think about that for one second. The 2006 and 2007 drafts gave us just 5 players with only 2 being starters. 2 ****ing players in drafts from 3-4 years ago. That's horrendus.
The 2008 draft was very good. Generally though, having 2 first round picks is a big advantage. Hitting on Flowers and Charles though is big time.
There is a massive myth on here that Herm was a really good drafter for this team.
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I think the thing we saw from the prvious 2 draft and the '08 was the shift of emphasis.
Before '08, there was the belief that we still had a team capable of competing, so we were looking for immediate contributors, while in '08, the rebuild finally actually began in earnest, and Bill Kuharich was given a far bigger role.