Our Mistakes....

[Hogskin]

I have always felt the single most important ingredient in building a winning team was the head coach. So I do not disagree with your assessment there. And since Bobby Beathard left, the team has been HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE at drafting after the first round. And for the first several years after he left, their first round was HORRIBLE also. I believe these two problems, along with the totally disorganized front office has made it impossible to win. It looks like Snyder is finally turning over some decision making to the guys with the knowledge, so it may get better now!!

I do have to disagree with the free agent assessment, at least generally. I agree there were several poor choices there, but we got some excellent players this route. Coles and Hall to name a couple. Going back farther, don't let Bruce Smith's actions this past season make you forget - he had 2 very nice seasons here when he first arrived. But guys like Bowens and a couple OL's we snagged have been very nice pickups. And, although this year's moves still have to be proven, they look one heck of a lot better than previous years' moves.