gimmesix
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
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I fully believe getting rid of Leonard, Adams, Gurode and Colombo and replacing them with Livings, Costa, Free and Colombo was Garrett's doing. He knew the line needed to get better but his mind-set was that replacing them was part of the "process" so he would make do with castoffs and never-weres until he could build his line. He just never seemed to understand that while he was slowly constructing it other parts of the offense would either break down from wear and tear/age or leave.
A smart head coach might have still moved on from those players, but he would have also asked for pieces in the interim to help him win now, not backups to start in the interim. Some blame is on Jerry the GM for not providing those pieces anyway, but I believe its the coach's voice that matters most in this. I have not seen any coach here not get what they ask for (that's not who Jerry is as an owner).
Forgot Bernadeau. He played more than Livings.