05-18-2018, 03:33 PM
(05-18-2018, 10:33 AM)depthchart Wrote: The Big question to me is: Was he often forced to pick though the leftovers by not being allowed to use HIGH draft picks to get O-lineman for many years as you say -or- did he encourage the Front Office to use HIGH draft picks on other positions ?
In other words, did he have a sort of EGO about being able to develop lower round draft picks that caused him to tell Mike that he could find the diamonds in the rough. Mike would be pleased by this because he could go for Corners, tight ends, receivers, defensive ends, running backs in rounds 1 and 2 more often.
Or did Mike just tell Paul that HIGH picks were not going to be used on O-lineman more often than not.
I tend to think that Paul would fall in love with the mid round developmental guys and maybe his EGO & past successes saw diamonds.
But maybe Mike forced him to pick from the scraps more often.
If it was Paul encouraging it, then that would be like a Chef passing up the Prime cuts of steak because he is convinced that he can out cook another Chef with hamburger.
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.
