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to: ED GRINNELL
from: DONNIE HUTCHINGS
date: 1997-06-25 12:46:00
subject: As I See It...

 -=> Quoting Ed Grinnell to DONNIE HUTCHINGS <=-
 DH> How so?  I have been watching his moves closely, and the only thing that
 DH> he has done is bring in "his kind of players", which is the same thing
 DH> that every new coach with some clout does.
 EG> As they said last year about Jimmy Johnson, there was a lot of talk
 EG> about how he was going to be strapped by the cap and some people felt
 EG> that the game had passed him by (He wasn't out of the game THAT long).
 EG> He made a lot of VERY GOOD moves that a lot of other coaches might not
 EG> have done. 
Well, he cut some guys that everyone except the Saints front office knew
were overpaid.
 DH> He traded for Heath Shuler and drafted a bunch of guys that nobody
 DH> else wanted.
 EG> The Saints had a very good draft. The biggest load of crap came about
 EG> his first pick and I think I'll trust his judgement over Mr. Draft. 
I am not just talking about Kiper's opinion.  None of the other GMs in
the league had much interest in the guys that Ditka took either.  That
tells me something.  OBTW, when has Ditka ever shown himself to be a
good judge of talent?
... Ask yourself, how would Bugs Bunny have handled this?
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