I think the draft has gone really well. Maybe that's because it's harder to evaluate lineman. But we desperately needed another playmaker on O besides the skinny fast guy, or he won't make it the half way point for all the attention he'll get.
Also our secondary was extremely slow - does anyone know how many TD's we gave up on long runs after the catch last year? I don't but it was probably the highest in the NFL.
Football teams have big locker rooms, there is always a lot of different opinions floating around. When Billicheck at NE 'lost' his locker room the captains went to him and said you can't do the things you're doing and so he addressed them instead and they cascaded it down. I'm sure that this lesson is not lost on Pioli, he wants to be tough but he knows that he needs a core of guys to help him keep people believing. They might hate him, but as long as they believe then we have a chance.
Personally it's not my way, but there are lots of different ways to win things. I went to state with a baseball coach we all hated, but he gave us a focus to rally around (our hatred of him) and although I found it difficult to admit, this does actually work.
**Those of you in the military may recognize this from your boot
