Neil Smith in Springfield this Saturday

[gblowfish]

Originally Posted by milkman

I'm not saying that Steadman was a great GM, but I would argue, strongly, that he was a far better talent evaluator than Carl.

Players drafted by Steadman that made up the core group that Marty turned into playoff pretenders.



Dave Lutz
Albert Lewis
Bill Maas
John Alt
Kevin Ross
Dino Hackett
Christian Okoye
Neil Smith
Kevin Porter

This was just a quick cursery glance.
probably a couple that I missed.

He clearly needed to be replaced, but he wasn't quite the boob you make him out to be.

How many of those players are in the Pro Football HOF -the measuring stick for greatness?

Yeah....

King Carl had DT.

Let's look at Steadman's first round draft pick record. Let's assume he's at the helm from the time Stram was fired (1974) to the time King Carl came in (1989):

Here's the first pick the Chiefs made each of those years, and whether they became quality NFL players worthy of a first round pick or not:

1974- Woody Green Miss
1975-Elmore Stephens Miss
1976- Rod Walters Miss
1977-Gary Green Hit
1978-Art Still Hit
1979-Mike Bell Hit
1980-Brad Budde Miss
1981-Willie Scott Miss
1982-Anthony Hancock Miss
1983-Todd Blackledge Miss
1984-Bill Maas Hit
1985-Ethan Horton Miss
1986-Brian Jozwiak Miss
1987-Paul Palmer Miss
1988- Neil Smith Hit

15 1st Round Picks:
5 Hit
10 miss

So 2/3rds of the time, his first round picks were a bust.

And how many years was Steadman in charge with no Super Bowls?

That's the elephant in the room, dude.

King Carl failed at that too.

So bring on our next eligible bachelor, Scott Pioli, come on down!