Post by JABF on Apr 29, 2017 18:43:44 GMT -6
Apr 29, 2017 13:59:08 GMT -6 @bearsinhouston said:
This Shaheen looks like a player who could be a major building block for the future (think Pats Gronk here) but yes, he will not be that guy in 2017.
Same with Trub. He won't be much (if anything) in 2017, but his 10 or more year career here (think big picture) could be that he is the most important player the Chicago Bears have drafted in the past 50 years or so. Seriously. But no, he's not going to get Pace the A+ draft grades from the "expert" talking heads from ESPN and the others.
It is a gutsy approach by Pace.
It may alienate sports writers and many fans who can't grasp delayed gratification in order to build a team that can sustain winning for many years to come. This morning I was thinking back to how Jim Finks built that 1985 team roster (most credit him for building that team). It took years to build that roster. He wasn't even with the Bears when that team won the super bowl in '85.
It took time.
It is taking Pace time too. But I do like how he is going about this. He looks like he isn't being a politician here trying to please the "experts" or even the sometimes ignorant Bears fans, but rather trying to do this right. The right way in life is not always the easy way. And it often is not the popular way. I respect people like Pace who do the right thing anyway.
That's a good point. It depends upon how good or bad the guy is at talent evaluation.
