Comments on: Why Am I Not An Expert? Blame Tony

By: Wiscokid

Wiscokid — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:02:14 +0000

The guy gets an intestinal infection from drinking out of a stream where he was fishing. Obviously not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:01:04 +0000

Would’ve, should’ve, could’ve…all describe Mandarich, his career, and the decision the Packers made to draft him.

By: PackersRS

PackersRS — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:38:03 +0000

The Packers should’ve done a better research on Mandarich about the steroids…
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/.....id=4073575

The Kansas City Chiefs were courting Mandarich because they had one of the top five picks in the draft. General manager Carl Peterson and coach Marty Schottenheimer took him out to dinner. They asked him whether he was on steroids, Mandarich says. Fair question. Mandarich said he had never failed a drug test. Not exactly what the coach wanted to hear.

According to Mandarich, Schottenheimer looked him square in the eye and said, “I think you’re lying.”

“If you think I am lying,” Mandarich said coolly, “then don’t draft me.”

His arrogance with NFL teams did not stop there.

“I had said even before the draft that I did not want to get drafted by the Packers,” Mandarich said. “I didn’t want to play in a small market. I called Green Bay a village. Some of the stuff I said, when I look back now, is just embarrassing.”

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:23:52 +0000

“If he’d been as good as advertised, the Packers would have had an Anthony Munoz-type anchor on the line for the next 10 years.”

If-the preposition to end all prepositions

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:20:41 +0000

John Hadl.

Nothing else needs to be said.

By: Wiscokid

Wiscokid — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:58:12 +0000

When it comes to football, people have an incredibly long memory. I don’t think anyone will forget or forgive the John Hadl trade. There appears to be NO statue of limitations on this sort of thing.

By: BigSnakeMan

BigSnakeMan — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:44:14 +0000

It’s easy to look back and see where mistakes were made; if the draft were an exact science, there would never be any ‘busts’.

Fact of the matter is that Mandarich was the correct pick AT THE TIME. If he’d been as good as advertised, the Packers would have had an Anthony Munoz-type anchor on the line for the next 10 years.

By: John Rehor

John Rehor — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:31:07 +0000

Do you know I still, STILL, hear about it from friends to this day?

What is the statute of limitations on crappy draft picks? Is 22 years long enough?

By: Jersey Al

Jersey Al — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:16:24 +0000

Don’t beat yourself up John, EVERYONE was wrong about Mandarich, including all the experts.