hawknation2016":3iw0rz5m said:
That, and it also had to do with the transition of scouting authority from Carroll to Schneider after the 2012 draft...
So there was an adjustment period in 2013 and 2014. However, the 2015 draft is already a success and over time could turn into a grand slam...
I've never wished so much to be wrong. Hoping that 2013 and 2014 are the aberrations, not 2015.
Even so, one cannot discount the contribution of McLoughan when he has a track record of taking multiple teams from NFL basement dwellers to Super Bowl contenders.
One thing he has never done, though, is maintained a Super Bowl caliber team, and guided them to post-Super Bowl success. I think that task is actually harder than building a team, essentially, from scratch.
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