Thank goodness Allen is gone.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

How do you overcome poor drafting and free agent evaluation with a GM who became KNOWN for those two things?

Jared Allen wins us JUST enough games to keep Carl employed. And Carl continues to screw up in the draft and free agency. Jared Allen ends his career with a bunch of sacks and no playoff wins.

Ownership needed to fire Peterson. The notion that you needed to allow the team to freefall down the drain so you can make FO changes is silly.

It's like saying "thank god Joe died in that car accident, because now all Joe's friends wear their seatbelts."

It's easy to say that move was the catalyst for the end of Peterson's regime, and it may have been. But we don't know that for certain, as Clark Hunt hadn't really had a chance to show us what he would do yet.

The assumption that Clark wouldn't have ever pulled that trigger is just more reason to expect more years of failure. Even if it was necessary to set these changes in motion, I still can't see it as anything other than a negative.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Ownership needed to fire Peterson. The notion that you needed to allow the team to freefall down the drain so you can make FO changes is silly.

Ownership may have needed to do ALOT of things, but the simple FACT is that they DIDN'T. They ONLY made changes after the team DID bottom out. That's not my opinion, that's fact.

Originally Posted by jspchief

It's like saying "thank god Joe died in that car accident, because now all Joe's friends wear their seatbelts."

Um no, not at all.

Originally Posted by jspchief

It's easy to say that move was the catalyst for the end of Peterson's regime, and it may have been. But we don't know that for certain, as Clark Hunt hadn't really had a chance to show us what he would do yet.

The move was the catalyst for the end of Peterson's regime. They won 2 games. Do you honestly think that would have happened WITH Jared Allen?

Originally Posted by jspchief

The assumption that Clark wouldn't have ever pulled that trigger is just more reason to expect more years of failure. Even if it was necessary to set these changes in motion, I still can't see it as anything other than a negative.

That's fine, I respect your opinion. But I wasn't prepared for 10 more years of Peterson. And if trading Jared Allen was what it took to get rid of him, I applaud the move.