Why people are disappointed: Exhibit A - Talent Evaluation

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by tooge

Man, you guys are good at dodging questions. Sooooo, would you have signed Canty, Haynesworth, or Brown, or all three? Do you think that would have translated into more than 6 wins?

Who said you had to sign all 3 of them?

I was just simply asking for SOMETHING, add a foundation piece, we got none. This would be like going man I'm building a house lets get that foundation laid down...then a year later after you put down a cardboard box going..hrm still no foundation I see.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Who said you had to sign all 3 of them?

I was just simply asking for SOMETHING, add a foundation piece, we got none. This would be like going man I'm building a house lets get that foundation laid down...then a year later after you put down a cardboard box going..hrm still no foundation I see.

last years FA crop sucked. Canty is a role player, like Alex Magee, but Magee is a rook and will take a year to develop. Haynesworth is very good. Also injury prone, in the prime of his career, so by the time this team is a perennial contender, he is declining, and yet we would have paid a hundred million for him. Brown is OK. Thats it, OK. Not an impact player. This offseason boils down to Pioli knowing that a Haynesworth type of signing, although it pleases the internet GM's such as you, really doesn't translate into building a perennial contender because the team around him is so bad. So, rather than pull a Carl Peterson and bring in a few big dollar guys to sell tix, he is sticking to his plan to build a contender for the long haul.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by tooge

last years FA crop sucked. Canty is a role player, like Alex Magee, but Magee is a rook and will take a year to develop. Haynesworth is very good. Also injury prone, in the prime of his career, so by the time this team is a perennial contender, he is declining, and yet we would have paid a hundred million for him. Brown is OK. Thats it, OK. Not an impact player. This offseason boils down to Pioli knowing that a Haynesworth type of signing, although it pleases the internet GM's such as you, really doesn't translate into building a perennial contender because the team around him is so bad. So, rather than pull a Carl Peterson and bring in a few big dollar guys to sell tix, he is sticking to his plan to build a contender for the long haul.

Yea well that didn't stop us from using the 3rd pick on a role player and then trading for a shitty QB, but hey all is well.