KazooSkinsFan wrote:broomboy wrote:I agree with Ray 100%. You are more likely to stick with a guy you drafted as to avoid the "bust" label. It should be and will be a competition in camp and the best QB will start.
Sure, stubbornly sticking to players who suck because you drafted them and are too insecure to admit you were wrong. That's how you win three Super Bowls and go into the HOF. Got it.
My career has been in management and management consulting and I can tell you know matter how good anyone is at hiring you make mistakes and no successful performance organization clings to mistakes. The idea of management is to identify and correct mistakes, not defend and cling to them. And no industry is more competitive then the NFL. You're just wrong, sorry. There is no possible way that Gibbs kept him for that reason and the argument Zorn played him because he was hired to coach JC is just bizarre.
And off course we ALL AGREE how wonderful the Redskin management has been the past 10 years, don't we?
Personally, my position on Campbell has been correct ... something you are loath to acknowledge ... but in all fairness to the organization, it's easy for me to say this ... while they were the ones with the vested interest in seeing Campbell develop successfully. When an organization picks a player in the 1st round (in this case two in the same year -Rogers & Campbell) there is the risk that they could make a mistake. History shows at this point, two swings and misses. Neither player has produced at the level to which they were drafted, and only the most stubborn who are inextricably married to their hoped for outcome would argue that.
As for Campbell, he's been on the cusp of developing, but never quite managed to take the next step and become a playmaker. And I don't fault the organization for their commitment to seeing it through ... though I disagreed with their unwillingness to pull him at times when it was called for.
In any event ... it was always just "my opinion" ... be it correct or incorrect about Campbell. And when I said (going into 2008) that he was a poor fit for the WC offense, I based that on the weaknesses he'd demonstrated as compared to the requirements for a WC QB ... quick reads, quick decisions, quick throws ... things Campbell was deficient in.
Going into 2009, most (not all) were optimistic that in his second year in Zorn's offense, he would excell, and have his "Breakout" year. I said no, and that too was correct.
Now ... for the record, I say again, Campbell has demonstrated a slowness at learning new systems and becoming comfortable. He is a purely rhythm QB who has never really excelled in pre-season play. His pre-season work and results have been very mediocre for his entire career ... and it is precisely this reason that I do not believe that he will be considered the starter from the outset, with the job his to lose.
Now, depending on who is competing in camp, and how that all plays out is yet to be seen. Like I said before ... I've never been a Grossman fan, so to me, we now have 3 QBs ... 1 unproven young guy .. and 2 extremely mediocre veterans. The Redskin QB job at this point is wide open, in my opinion ... and whoever shows the better grasp of the offense, and the most effectiveness will wind up the starter in 2010.
In previous years, it was Campbell's job to lose ... not his job to win. This year, he'll have to win it, and the edge starting out is with Grossman.
Just my opinion ... you can bookmark this post, and we can review it at the appropriate time
of the WC offense for two years . In fact Campbell has played 2 of five full seasons in the WC (a scheme he was familiar with from college).
