An interesting little piece I stumbled on:
http://moondogsports.com/2009/04/25/does-n...into-victories/
"NFL experts have always preached the way to build a championship team is through the draft.
The prevailing thought is if a franchise wants to find success on the field, they need to use the draft as a means to filling their team with younger players who will mature into starters.
But does a successful draft mean more wins?
Some of the most successful teams, like the Patriots and Steelers, have had average success at best on draft day, but yet they own four Super Bowl victories in the last five years.
Though NFL fans have become more entranced by the draft, discussing the players and possible moves for countless weeks, they need to realize success in the draft does not always translate to guaranteed wins."
He goes on to analyse six teams over a five year period.
The Packers with TT/MM arent quite to that point yet.
But where are they to date?:
Four year record: 31- 33 even with a successful 2009 season of 9 or 10 wns it only puts them still around 500. I used a sort of median/average hybrid between the 12 wins I(and a few others) predict and 7 wins which a few predict with the vast majority of course somewhere in between.
Of course a SB win would eclipse/overshadow any memory of mediocrity.
Four year draft to date 2005-2008:
29 of 43 67.44%
Five year just beginning to date 2005-2009:
38 of 52 73.07%
Those draft numbers will of course likely trend lower over the 5th year.
But gives us some data to compare with the six teams focused on in the article.
Once again I reiterate this is a pivotal season.
And Ill be gentle and IF this season doesnt pan out quite right because the Packers didnt get a coaching change in 2005 Ill give the existing TT/MM combo one additional draft year to produce a SB team.
With the caveat no excuses mitgate any failure to produce same as the standard applied to Sherman.
Otherwise IMHO it will be time for a serious change.