Quote:
Originally Posted by jspchief
There's 1 legitimate case for not handing the team to Croyle at this point. He might actually succeed.
What if Croyle comes in and plays well? Plays well enough to get us into the play-offs? Sign him to a new contract? So our QB next year for our up and coming play-off team is Brokie Frayle?
The last thing we want is for Croyle to look good enough that the front office wants to move forward with him. If he was gonna be the guy, he needed to be the guy before now.
At the risk of sounding like I'm cashing it in this season, when it comes to QBs I want this team to flush in the spring of 2011.
|
You make very valid points. When Pioli and Haley came here, if they really thought Croyle could be developed into a starter they would have done so. But their assessment is that Brodie is nothing more than a b/u.
So at best I see them using Brodie as a motivator "possibly" on a very "short lease" regardless of Croyle's play. I say "possibly" because we really haven't seen Pioli's ego put in a position until now to either 'do what it takes to win and make common sense decisions in the time of crisis or just continue to "pad the ego in denial and try to force a round peg in a square hole".
Damn guarantee you this is Pioli's decision and not Haley's. Pioli comes from the Parcells tree and Parcells wasn't afraid to shake the "apple cart". I predict that Cassel will get the Houston game and that will be it if Cassel doesn't show significant progress.