05-18-2018, 06:01 PM
(05-18-2018, 03:33 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This is the craziest theory I have ever heard.
Every coach dreams of getting the elite guys to work with. They desire greatness.
Your example of the chef shows how crazy the idea is. Great chefs want the best freshest ingredients. Great cabinet makers want the best wood. Great coaches want great players.
It would not be that he would turn down the opportunity at every turn but rather that he may have had enough self confidence in finding mid round diamonds that he would not pound the table more often for more shots at High round picks over the years.
Maybe a subtle case of ego or a mild form of narcissism that made him fight a little less for High picks to use on O-lineman over the years.
As you said, he went nearly a decade without them.
Why couldn't he convince Mike during that near decade of the need for a high pick or two for him to get to use on O-lineman ?
Did he fight hard for those high picks but was just shot down by Mike ?
Was he just not a good persuader ? Did he not fight hard for them ?
Or may he have felt that he could stand up to the challenge of not having many high picks to use and could overcome that challenge by finding diamonds to develop ? Then reassured Mike at times of his ability to do so.
After all, the Chef that can make Chicken salad out of chicken cr@p would have plenty of room to brag. (so to speak)
