Dinosaur media runs Texans "olds"
The Chronicle runs a Dale Robertson story today with some interesting quotes from various Indianapolis Colts people on Mario Williams.
Here's coach Tony Dungy, sort of comparing the pick of Williams to the Steelers' picking Joe Greene:
"Coach (Chuck) Noll took a lot of heat for taking him, too," said Dungy, the Indianapolis head coach who was a teammate of the Hall-of-Famer's during the Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty of the 1970s. "But that turned out pretty good."
The construction of the Steel Curtain began in 1969 with Greene, already known as Mean Joe for his prowess as a havoc-wreaking defensive lineman at what was then called North Texas State. While it would take the addition of the likes of Jack Lambert, Jack Ham, L.C. Greenwood and Donnie Shell for Pittsburgh's defense to become the stuff of legend instead of merely great, Dungy deserves to be heard out.
"I'm a defensive guy and the cornerstone to most championship teams is defense, if it's not a quarterback," he said. "To me it's a good pick if you're not passing on a John Elway or a Dan Marino. Guys like Lawrence Taylor and Bruce Smith, they become the cornerstones of great teams. (The Texans) think this is a cornerstone guy. I can absolutely see why they did it."
And here's Dwight Freeney criticizing Texans coaches for moving Williams up and down the line:
"I think that puts him at a disadvantage," he said. "I'll flat come out and say that. If you want a guy to get better, you have to have him do the same thing over and over. If he's going to do 20 different things, he's going to be average. If you're not doing the same thing every single day, it's going to catch up with you. You'll be a good utility player, but at the end of the day you have to be put in a position to excel."
The quotes came from the conference call held with media earlier in the week (as noted here in this post). The Texans posted those quotes to their website right after the conference call, on September 13.
It's too bad Chronicle readers only found out three days later.
Dinosaur media is going to have to do better than that in the future if it wants to hold its eroding subscriber base.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/16/06 04:15 PM | Technorati | Comments (0)
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