2012 draft article - good stuff

[mikeak]

Link: http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=12249054

Never heard this. Bielema put his future on RWs back. Where would Miami be vs Seattle today.....

It is the winter of 2012, and Bielema, Wisconsin's coach at the time, is interviewing for the head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins. He is a day and a half into his meetings, and is mapping out his plans with the Dolphins' brass. He promises them a Super Bowl ring within five years if they pick Wilson, his quarterback at Wisconsin, in the upcoming draft.

 

[BirdsCommaAngry]

Wow, great read. There are so many interesting caveats to how we use the word "crazy" to describe people as Jeff Ireland and co. surely did in regard to Bielema after his pitch. In many instances, we use it to describe those we simply don't understand. In other instances, we use it to describe those who know something very profound about something we don't. The story about Bielema highlights this latter kind of instance well.

Fortunately for Russel Wilson, the same ineptitude of Jeff Ireland that would have put him in a position to be far less successful as a member of the Dolphins also served to prevent him from being selected in the first place. Ireland's lack of innovation in addition to the misconceptions of other front-office members around the league allowed us to buy low on a commodity found in RW's approach to the game that has all too often been waylaid or flat-out ignored in favor of sheer physicality. That commodity is RW's studiousness and all the desires for growth that come with it.

 

[Goodwin Seahawk]

I read this article earlier this morning. It would've been nice if we were able to read what the hell Jeff Ireland was thinking. The rest of the article is good too!