I remember. You also wanted AJ Cann (I think that was his name) in a previous draft. I recall the talk on Whitehair, including during the live draft thread. You've been an advocate for beefing up the O-line for a long time, no denying it.Mothman wrote:Landon, I don't know what to tell you. I don't have the time or inclination to spend hours digging up past discussions just to prove they occurred. If you check last year's draft thread you will find that I wanted them to draft Whitehair and that I wanted them to draft o-linemen. That wasn't the only place I expressed that but I know I expressed it there.
I've tried hard to articulate a clear point of view on pretty much all of this over the past few years but it rarely seems to make even the slightest dent. To say that's discouraging would be an understatement.
What I'm trying to say (and not specifically targeting you) is people make it sound as if everyone in the world except Rick was aware this was going to happen. But in fact, it was a combination of unforeseeable events and admittedly neglect. As I mentioned, the very same scenario could have played out at WR, or DT, or several other situations. The fact that it didn't is pure luck. We discussed a ton of players on this forum, but at no time did I ever recall someone advocating going all o-line, which is really the only scenario where the Vikings would have been prepared for what happened. Taking a T or G, or even both, would have still led us to nearly the same spot.
It's not a black swan event because one or two bad things happened. It's a black swan event because everything that could go wrong, just about went wrong. And I just don't think you can have a contingency for that.