03-21-2018, 05:43 PM
(03-21-2018, 04:48 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: This offseason more closely resembles the 2003 offseason, IMO.
Brought in some quality coaches. Marvin etc in 2003, Pollack, Van Pelt etc in 2018.
Brought in Kevin Hardy, John Thornton, Tory James, Duane Clemons and Shane Graham via free agency. That's a lot of quality right there. This year we got Cordy Glenn, Preston Brown, Chris Baker and Matt Barkley while retaining Eifert.
Then we kinda nailed the draft with Palmer, Steinbach, Kelley Washington and Jeremi Johnson. We can only hope this draft yields 3 starters.
Yeah, the '03 offseason was probably the best until now IMO. They also added Reggie Kelly and Carl Powell, along with the names you mentioned.
They were pretty active in 2012 as well, although it didn't work out quite as well as '03: Wharton, Allen, Anderson, Harvey, Bell, Green-Ellis and Newman.
For me, this offseason now has to rank as the best - regardless o how it works out - just in term of being aggressive and making meaningful changes.
The mere fact that both Alexander and Bodine is enough to make you do a double take, but combining that with some good new coaches and very solid players acquisitions...and all of sudden, I've got a renewed optimism about this season.
I've given Mike and Marvin plenty of grief and criticism since 2013, and I feel it was justified, but I also give them credit for what they've accomplished so far this offseason. Color me impressed!
