So, if I find a stock that I think is a once in a lifetime opportunity and pour my life savings into it, it's not a risk because "I think" it's a once in a lifetime opportunity?
Notwithstanding that you may see it as a risk [No one else sees investing $78.94 a risk]; why evade using irrelevant banter?
One is asked, "what color was the car?" He answers, "Well, my daddy owned a station wagon in the 80's...blah bah blah." Law enforcement, EG, would view such irrelevant evasiveness as deception and dishonesty.
Please just address the issues; if you want to throw in some stuff that you think is colorful hyperbole, fine, BUT ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
Ron Wolf took a tremendous risk on his belief in Brett Favre. You minimize it because it worked out. Ron Wolf also stayed up all night heading into the 2nd day of the old draft fearing someone would take his can't miss OL prospect, Bill Ferrario, from UW. That didn't work out so well for Ron so his feelings don't have any relevance whatsoever when it comes to risk.
You're comparing a 1 in 10 year player to a purported similar cant miss prospect that Wolf INTENTIONALLY passed on 'til the 4th round. LOL If Wolf stayed up all night worry about losing "cant miss Ferrario" I just cant imagine the psychological torment he suffered worrying about losing a player had rated higher "super duper cant miss Blohaw Jue" LOL. If Wolf took Reynolds, Fergeson, Marshall and Jue over a cant miss OL prospect then Ted Thompson is by for the superior GM, era be damned. LOL This shows you have very little knowledge of football and scouting. You see Graham gets 1200 yards; you think he's great because you dont understand how to evaluate play so stats is all you can go on. Saying a GM is taking a "tremendous risk" by trusting their draft board shows you have no understanding of how players are scouted and rated A tremendous risk is trading your entire draft for Ricky williams, or several drafts for John Hadl, hershnal walker, julio jones or RG3. Trading next year's #19 for #1 this year is the opposite of risk; it is something that may never happen again. After a lousy rookie season, do ya think the Browns can trade #19 for Clowney? Would Browns GM be accused of making a tremendous risk? Of course not; no one would view it as a risk and no one would EVER view it as a risk even if Clowney never played another down.
One could only truly evaluate Ted Thompson vs. another GM who would hypothetically run the Packers org. Ozzie Newsome works within the confines of the Ravens org with their variables. You can't compare what Ozzie does THERE vs. what Ted Thompson does HERE. You can look at what Ted Thompson does and has done and like it or not like it. A performance review includes what YOU did not what anyone else does somewhere else. Looking at what Ted Thompson has done, here, vs. what he could've and should've done leaves him a middling GM.
If this Ozzie/TT is believed; then its dishonest to try to compare Wolf to TT.
I have suffered brain damage from reading the rest.
BTW, Santana Dotson wasn't behind Brad freaking Culpepper and it's questionable if he was behind Wheeler.
as usual..WRONG. In '94 Culpepper and Dotson started the season. Midway through the season Wheeler replaced Dotson, who continued to play on passing downs. In early '95 Dotson and Wheeler started; in week 8 Sapp took over at Dotson; at end of year Wheeler was banged up and Culpepper started for him NOT Dotson. Now, the last half of '95 [and probably before that too I just didn;t hear about it] Dotson was revealed as a lockerroom cancer a tool to the highest degree for among other things refusing to help young Sapp. In 96 TB tried to keep Wheeler, but made no effort to keep Dotson, who hit the market as a below average DT w/ above average pass rush and a total jerk cancer. Again as i said, "behind Sapp, Culpepper and wheeler; a notch above scrap heap." In GB, I never heard of the cancer stuff, showing the importance of culture! Oh and Culpepper's a lawyer, he'll sue ya...LOL
That move was bigger than the Ryan Pickett WRONGmove that Ted Thompson apologists just love to cite as proof he does wonderful things via FA. TT's ONLY moves of renown as far as FA go are Charles Woodson whom no one wanted and sat on the market for weeks after the start of FA and Julius Peppers who was at the end of his career. Scrap heap for both of those guys. You can't comeback with ...well, Woody won DPOY. Yup...and Desmond Howard was SB MVP.
Ron vs. Ted. Seriously? That's not even fair. One is a gung ho sold out to win WINNER vs. a middle of the road let's not rock the boat and try staying competitive long term bean counter kind of a guy.
The facts prove Wolf is not a risk taker, that idea is WRONG. Notwithstanding the blathering hyperbole and conclusory drivel failure to respond to the facts is an admission of being WRONG .
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