Brooks

BrooksMustGo · 12-06-2004, 08:25 PM

I predict that Brooks will post good numbers wherever he goes, but will not be in contention for a playoff berth.

I totally agree with this statement.

He\'s damaged goods and the rest of the NFL knows it.

I disagree with this statement. Professional football teaches us nothing if it doesn\'t teach us this lesson: dozens of coaches have been more than willing to wreck their careers on ill advised decisions at the quarterback position.

We have to believe there is always a Mike Ditka who will give away the store to get a Heath Shuler, a Steve Spurrier who insists on getting Shane Matthews or a Bill Parcells who really thinks Vinnie Testaverde has enough left in the tank to be his starter. Now most often we see guys like Dan Reeves deciding that Tommy Maddux will replace John Elway or the Chargers deciding that Ryan Leaf is the solution to their quarterback woes.

After the beating that the Saints coaching staff has taken all year long, it is not surprising or even unlikely that some coach will say to himself, \"Self, Jim Haslett is a moron. Brooks has a cannon arm, can run, has thrown for tons of yards and the 3rd most TD\'s in the league in 4 years. I can build a team around him. Brooks problem has been coaching and I can fix that.\"

The truth is that even good coaches suffer from hubris. If we started shopping Brooks we could get some combination of a picks and players for him. I would think we would get at a bare minimum a 1st rounder for him, but truth be told I\'d rather have a proven LB, CB or DT and some combination of later picks for him. Right now, several teams in the league might get really excited about going 8-8 and Brooks might help get you to mediocrity.

That means that we wasted $36 mil on him, and God knows what of Buffet Sullivan.

We did waste a great deal of money on him.
Sullivan makes me sick and angry to contemplate. He should spend the rest of his time under contract as a takling dummy.

12-06-2004, 08:25 PM	#11
BrooksMustGo 1000 Posts + Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,762	Brooks I predict that Brooks will post good numbers wherever he goes, but will not be in contention for a playoff berth. I totally agree with this statement. He\'s damaged goods and the rest of the NFL knows it. I disagree with this statement. Professional football teaches us nothing if it doesn\'t teach us this lesson: dozens of coaches have been more than willing to wreck their careers on ill advised decisions at the quarterback position. We have to believe there is always a Mike Ditka who will give away the store to get a Heath Shuler, a Steve Spurrier who insists on getting Shane Matthews or a Bill Parcells who really thinks Vinnie Testaverde has enough left in the tank to be his starter. Now most often we see guys like Dan Reeves deciding that Tommy Maddux will replace John Elway or the Chargers deciding that Ryan Leaf is the solution to their quarterback woes. After the beating that the Saints coaching staff has taken all year long, it is not surprising or even unlikely that some coach will say to himself, \"Self, Jim Haslett is a moron. Brooks has a cannon arm, can run, has thrown for tons of yards and the 3rd most TD\'s in the league in 4 years. I can build a team around him. Brooks problem has been coaching and I can fix that.\" The truth is that even good coaches suffer from hubris. If we started shopping Brooks we could get some combination of a picks and players for him. I would think we would get at a bare minimum a 1st rounder for him, but truth be told I\'d rather have a proven LB, CB or DT and some combination of later picks for him. Right now, several teams in the league might get really excited about going 8-8 and Brooks might help get you to mediocrity. That means that we wasted $36 mil on him, and God knows what of Buffet Sullivan. We did waste a great deal of money on him. Sullivan makes me sick and angry to contemplate. He should spend the rest of his time under contract as a takling dummy.
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