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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Actually, both of those assertions are untrue. This was a great team to take the position for because of the young talent that was here when Herm left. That's something I've said for a long time, and most of that comes from the 2008 draft. That said, Herm hit on all of his 1st rounders, which makes a huge difference as well.
What we didn't have was any depth, and for all intents and purposes, we still don't.
What I find disingenuous is praising the personnel skills of someone that turned a franchise around when almost all of the best players on this team are holdovers.
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there is some truh to this, but there is also tons of credit due to Pioli for the job he has done across the board since taking over. This is a list of players he either brought in, or brought in the staff that transformed a previous underachiever into a high quality player...both should be credited to the guy that made those things happen:
Haley
Belcher
DJ
Hali
Shaun Smith
Arenas
Berry
Lewis
Moeaki
Crennel
Weis
Pleasant
Lilja
Weigman
Jones
Asamoah
Dorsey
DMC
Bowe (he is borderline as he was alreay a productive when Pioli took over, but he is now a dominant player threatening a NFL record for his position)
Succop
Those guys have played a pretty big role in all of this as well.