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Bill B · 01-02-2008, 10:32 AM

As long as the team keeps moving away from trying to "win the offseason championship" they are going in the right direction. I am hoping that after years of trying to buy the "biggest" free agent players that eventually proved to be disappointing the team has finally learned that this formula cannot bread consistent winners.

As far as giving credit to Cerrato - I admit that I am not a Cerrato supporter - never have been. I read a lot of on the net and often I hear NFL insiders not give to much credit when Cerrato's name comes up. I think you have to look not only at Gibbs II but the entire time Cerrato has been here. Since 2000 we have qualified for the playoffs 2 times in 7 years - is that something to hang your hat on? And also the two times we did qualify for the were under Gibbs, the times we qualified without Gibbs and while Cerrato was here - zero.

So I ask this: if you were a NFL owner building your team from the ground up how many of you would actually sign Vinny to be the architect of your team - I know I wouldn't.

01-02-2008, 10:32 AM	#9
Bill B Impact Rookie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 721	Re: The Vinny and the Scouts Appreciation Thread As long as the team keeps moving away from trying to "win the offseason championship" they are going in the right direction. I am hoping that after years of trying to buy the "biggest" free agent players that eventually proved to be disappointing the team has finally learned that this formula cannot bread consistent winners. As far as giving credit to Cerrato - I admit that I am not a Cerrato supporter - never have been. I read a lot of on the net and often I hear NFL insiders not give to much credit when Cerrato's name comes up. I think you have to look not only at Gibbs II but the entire time Cerrato has been here. Since 2000 we have qualified for the playoffs 2 times in 7 years - is that something to hang your hat on? And also the two times we did qualify for the were under Gibbs, the times we qualified without Gibbs and while Cerrato was here - zero. So I ask this: if you were a NFL owner building your team from the ground up how many of you would actually sign Vinny to be the architect of your team - I know I wouldn't.