Lions draft thread-2008

Nemo · Apr 29, 2008

b-diddy said: ↑

ill settle on a bad grade. seems to me the 'experts' usually grade the lions high on getting great value for the picks... we know how that worked out.

i cant speak on the value of our picks, but i atleast like the idea. meat and potatos. im sure we probably could have done better (seems pretty unanmous that we would have been better off with albert or otah than cherilus- i have no idea), but building through the draft this way is the first steps on the long road back to mediocrity. maybe not next year, but i do believe we have a 500 season in our future.

These lines are very sad. To think that we're hoping for "the long road back to mediocrity". You really do understand the Lions.......

Ozarkruffrider · Apr 29, 2008

Gave Hondo his own topic, But these clowns on BSPN, Yahoo, and other idiots are about as clueless as a crackhead.

TheeTFD · Apr 29, 2008

G.Cherilus was about 7th best Olinemen. But he has a mean streak, and good size.

Darth Tater · Apr 29, 2008

Can we kill this thread? I like Ozark's new thread better...

tdfast · May 20, 2008

Took a T in the 1st. Maybe would have been better taking Joe Thomas last year rather than yet another WR..... Guess we'll never know.

ggazoo69 · May 20, 2008

Ozarkruffrider said: ↑

Gave Hondo his own topic, But these clowns on BSPN, Yahoo, and other idiots are about as clueless as a crackhead.

Crackheads can be cunning, however, when it comes to finding more "product"

TaS · Aug 6, 2008

ESPN - ESPN The Magazine

So the tiny town of Perryton, Texas, threw Campbell a big party in the church basement the day before he left for training camp since, not only was he the first local kid to go to West Point, he was the first one ever drafted. Campbell flew to Detroit and got his jersey (number 47, in honor of All-Pro safety John Lynch) and a locker with his nameplate on it and his playbook. And in mid-July he got a room at a Dearborn Marriott, just like all the other rookies, and stayed up wondering what it was all going to be like.

And then, the day before camp began, Lions GM Matt Millen called Campbell and his playbook into his office and told him it was all over. The Army was rescinding the policy. Campbell had to report immediately.

Turns out the Army had no business having such a policy. Turns out the Department of Defense insists any service academy athlete who's drafted serve at least two years immediately after graduation, skills or no skills. And those two years can't be at Ford Field. Turns out that when the Navy and Air Force heard that Campbell was getting a special deal, they freaked. Navy's athletic director even called it a "significant" recruiting handicap. Funny, since it was the Navy that allowed former Midshipman Napoleon McCallum to play his rookie year with the LA Raiders while stationed at a Long Beach naval base.

First, he cried, but then he bucked up. He didn't sue or punch a wall or ask questions you or I would've asked such as, "The Army revised the policy on July 8. Why did it take until July 23, the night before camp started, to tell me?" Or, "Why can't I be grandfathered in, the way Army baseball players Nick Hill and Milan Dinga are being allowed to finish their season in the minor leagues?"

All Campbell did was throw his shoulders back and say, "I went to the academy to be a soldier."

But here's what stinks. Campbell did go to West Point to lead men into battle, but then he found out he was good enough to play on Sundays. At the end of his sophomore season, he could've transferred out, without penalty, to a big-time football college like Oklahoma or Michigan. But then head coach Bobby Ross told him about the Army's best-of-both-world's policy. Campbell stayed.

Bobby Ross!!?? Talk about a raw deal.

At least he sounds like he is a stand up guy and will make the best out of the situation.

TheeTFD · Aug 6, 2008

F'''

TaS · Aug 6, 2008

Is there any loophole where the Army can take Millen?

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