If you were the GM, in retrospect

[Chris_Sanders]

This thread is purely for fun. Take an honest look at your past opinions and see where you would have succeeded and failed as the Cardinals GM.

Off the top of my head

My failures:

After Raynoch Thompson and Levar Fisher, it felt like a draft tradition to waste a second round pick on a LB. So I was pretty annoyed when the Cardinals did it again to take one Karlos Dansby.

Coming into our super bowl season. I was convinced that Warner was done. I was all aboard the Matt Leinart bandwagon train. So frustrating to see someone waste their abilities.

My successes:

I was all in on drafting Anquan Boldin. Really thought he was going to be Hines Ward part 2.

Like everyone, wanted AP over Levi Brown. I remember they had that draft party at the stadium. When that pick was announced the whole stadium boo'd and left.

We will see:

I wasn't a fan of the pick of Rashard Johnson. So far it looks like I am correct but maybe he can get it together on the field.

 

[Shane]

Come on sucker. You have to have so many more failures

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Come on sucker. You have to have so many more failures

I said off the top of my head

Success: Was totally against the signing of Derek Anderson and thought that after watching Max Hall at training camp he should never see the field in the NFL.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

I know at one point, I would have had Byron Leftwich throwing to David Terrell .

 

[Chris_Sanders]

We will see:

Really thought that Beanie Wells would be a stud NFL back. So far this looks WRONG but he is having a good off season.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I know at one point, I would have had Byron Leftwich throwing to David Terrell .

LMAO I was totally for drafting Leftwich - WRONG

 

[Shane]

Failures:

I liked the Levi Brown pick. It was an in Grimm i trust moment.

I thought 49 ers were set when they drafted Alex Smith.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Success - I would have drafted Terrell Suggs.

Failure - I thought Buster Davis was a "good pick" lmao

 

[desertdawg]

I had a Max Hall avatar. I don't know what he'll amount to but he had no chance last year. DA played tricks on my mind, I wasn't thinking right.

 

[Shane]

Success: Loved Gerald Hayes coming out of Pitt.

Failure: Thoughht Bryant Johnson would actually be damn good.

 

[Gee!]

I was called a PAC 10 homer when I said the Cards should draft DeSean Jackson and Antoine Cason in that draft..

 

[Russ Smith]

never been wrong.



This thread is unfair if you've been on this board a long time you're going to look REALLY stupid now. Let's see Drew Henson, David Terrell, didn't like the Dansby pick either, didn't like the Dockett pick(thought he was a risky guy). Liked JJ Arrington(said we took him a round too early).

Bought into the claims that Hall was not a typical rookie and would have a much shorter learning curve and his feel for the game could offset some of his physical limitations(yeesh was that wrong).

Even further back I liked Fitz but he wouldn't have been my pick would have gone QB or a faster WR (Roy Williams) which looks stupider every year.

And that's just off the top of my head with some thought I could probably easily find 10 of really bad and really good "calls".

Good idea for a thread though it's painful to go back and look at some of these.

 

[splitsecond]

Failure: I followed Cody Brown on twitter

 

[Shane]

Hated the DD pick now that look back. Ouch.

 

[jf-08]

Success:

I wanted Dockett all along - in the 2nd Round. I almost threw up when Cards took Dansby in the 2nd but was overcome with awe when he was there in the 3rd.


Failure:

Wanting Josh as my QB

All of this can be found here:

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/f4/hair-brained-idea-126-a-22145.html?highlight=dockett

 

[Gee!]

Hated the DD pick now that look back. Ouch.

Loser.. I was a DD fan as soon as we drafted him..

I promise Im not following you around today talkin mess haha.. Its just working out that way..

 

[Cheesebeef]

Loser: Josh McCown is the answer.

Loser: Warner is washed up.

Loser: Matt Leinart is the next Joe Montana

Loser: Maybe Wiz can get Anderson back in 2007 form.

All of which makes me VERY leery about how I feel about Kolb (WHO I ACTUALLY LIKE!) because apparently I can't gauge our QB situation to save my life.

 

[redheat]

I was on nfl network briefly a few years ago during the fan fest and said look out for Buster Davis he is a solid football player and great draft pic......

 

[Dayman]

Excellent thread. Unfortunately, I seem to have more failures than successes.

Success-Loved the Boldin pick. Grabbed him off waivers in fantasy during preseason of his rookie year and ended up winning the league.

Failure-I honestly believed Milford Brown and Elton Brown were shrewd additions who would solve the problems on the interior of the O-line.

Success-I was ecstatic about signing Bertrand Berry. Thought he was an excellent mid-tier FA signing who would pay immediate dividends.

Failure-I own a Matt Leinart NFL Replays action figure.

 

[jerseyred]

Success.... Anthony Bell. lb michigan st i knew something was wrong when at the draft when his name was called sc had no film for him. I thought Tom Knight was going to be good

 

[Cheesebeef]

Success - loved Dansby when we drafted him

Success - loved the Berry signing

Medium success - like the Okeafor signing

 

[AzStevenCal]

The one that stands out for me was David Boston. I really thought he was going to re-write the record books with his combination of size, speed and strength. Like just about everyone here, I hated the trade that cost us Terrell Suggs or maybe I just hated the two guys we settled on.

Steve

 

[Mulli]

I thought Adrian Peterson was injury prone.

 

[BigRedRage]

I thought Adrian Peterson was injury prone.

everyone did.

 

[chickenhead]

My partial success is that I didn't think Warner was completely washed up, but my failure was that I thought Leinart would be our Eli. My success was that I was optimistic about the Cardinals in 2008, but my failure was that I was optimistic about them every other year, too.