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Originally Posted by Chromeburn
What specifically is wrong with the building strategy? I hear this all the time from the local media guys and I don't think they know what they are talking about.
Ballard has specifically said we are not going all out till we get the QB in place. He also thinks teams that skirt and manipulate the cap like the Saints are crazy and it will come around to get them. Saints are about to face that. League may also start to close those loop holes bc they want parity. Ballard thinks the team was ready to win now, that is why they were going the vet route. He is right, the team can win now with solid QB play.
I have been criticizing Ballard for years on here for some of his flaws. But I do think the positives outweigh those flaws. He did botch the LT situation. Not saying he didn't. But he has also done a lot of good things as well. This defense is good. I think the oline will get better with a LT in place. The weapons are young and explosive. He continually knocks it out of the park in the draft. A GM's primary job is to find talent and he does that well. That is not easy to find. We have had two good GM's at it in 38 years.
It doesn't matter. Ballard looked pissed yesterday, he may resign, and he will get another job immediately. Meanwhile, we will have trouble finding a good candidate because of this shitshow.
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The problem with it is that he's splitting strategies which don't align across the team. His QB strategy since Luck retired has been short term, win now while his strategy at nearly every other position is long term win later.
He also seems to really undervalue positions that are extremely criticial to a teams success like LT and WR.