08-03-2015, 04:28 PM
(08-03-2015, 04:01 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Since most fourth rounders fail.
Do you realize how many o-linemne have been drafted in the first 4 rounds over the last 5 years? Over the last 10 years there have been 18 other OGs taken in the 4th round. Only 3 of them have started more games than Clint Boling.
Educate yourself about how this stuff works. You try to rip Paul Alexander without looking around the league and seeing how all the other OCs are doing. If it is no big deal to develop a fourth round guard into a very solid starter then why aren't any other coaches around the league doing it?
You're applauding him for having a starting player earn a starting player's salary. Think about that for a second. Someone has to start. Holding up the fact that Boling just inked a contract right about the current rate for a starting OG is askin to saying your salesmen are top notch because Bob Jones makes the national average for a salesmen.
It simply doesn't make any sense. It's a stupid thing to applaud. By default, someone is going to get paid starter's money if they stay here beyond their initial contract. And fwiw, I would guess that the average draft position for a starting OG in these league is around round 3. I'm not sure developing a 4th rounder is anything out of the ordinary and/or a tremendous coaching job.
