02-03-2022, 02:28 PM
(02-02-2022, 04:22 PM)Au165 Wrote: Even the people we bought though...they weren't big name players they were guys from winning organizations who were "lunch pale" selfless players. It's kind of my point, everything we did had an underlying cultural impact.
That's the salient point right there. They went out looking for good players that weren't going to break the bank, but they wanted a specific type of guy.
It's easy with hindsight for someone to say "oh, they're playing well on defense because they spent so much...". They found guys that were willing and wanting to do things like go through OTAs when everyone else was skipping them. They found guys that wanted to do things apart from football to build relationships, which in turn makes the locker room better and keeps them together during the rough parts of games.
Looking back, everything was done with a specific plan and purpose.
Long time fans have a lot of scabs that get ripped off easily but the orgainization and coaching staff stuck to the plan through the tough times and believed that their process would work out and they were right.
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