05-08-2015, 05:10 PM
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Re: Joe Vitt: Saints put more work than ever into this draft class
Originally Posted by FinSaint
That's a hard one.
Vitt's tenure with the Saints has been one of FA LBs as starters. Simoneau, Fujita, Shanle, Vilma, Lofton, Hawthorne, etc.
I guess you could make the argument that he's been able to get the most out of these guys - while I'm maybe on the fence with the latter two - but he hasn't been able to develop any difference makers from the Saints' draftees.
Now, you could also argue that the FO hasn't really given him a lot to work with - since the same guys haven't blossomed elsewhere either - but it would seem that he's more of a cultivator than a developer when it comes to LBs.
Also, it would seem he's more comfortable in getting the most out of the blue-collar type players while raw talent and athleticism seems to dumbfound him.
But those are all just uninformed guesses, since none of us know what really goes on behind the curtain.
Can anyone name a LB that improved elsewhere when he left New Orleans?
Can anyone name a FA LB that got worse under Vitt?
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