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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
You were also pretty darn hard on Pioli, and right now it sure does look like a lot of good player personnel decisions being made. Cassel may have appeared too expensive, but his play has allowed you to shore up the rest of your team. This has been a pretty quick turn around.
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I was hard on Pioli. As a fan its hard watching your team get killed every week with no end in sight. I had to vent somewhere, and that somewhere is here where I can make an ass of myself because its anonymous.
Still, a lot of the players making plays this season are players that Carl Peterson and Herm Edwards brought in. I think Pioli has got the right coach and the right co-ordinators in place to maximize the potential of these players. The job that Romeo Crennel has done with that defense is simply amazing.
One slap against Pioli is his 2009 draft class. I'll have to do my research on this. I read recently that outside of Tyson Jackson (who is looking to be a world class bust), none or only one of the other draft picks from that class is still playing in the NFL. However, he was hired in February of that year and only had a small amount of time to prepare for that draft.
Edit: Only four of the 8 picks from the 2009 draft are currently on the team. The lone shinning star is K Ryan Succop (so far).