Bush or Young Poll

[jerek]

This analogy would make more sense to me, comparing Vince to Magic..... Point Gaurd........ QB........ there is more parallels there. To better make the Reggie Bush argument, you need the can't pass on player to be a big part of the game, but not the director of the offense.... someone like Charles Barkley @ power forward. He doesn't run the offense, but the whole offense goes through him, that plus the fact that he was a big part of the defense shows his versatility. Or, you could go with the great swing players, T-Mac, Eddie Jones(??) to show the versatility, or the freaks of nature, KG, or Dirk., Big men who can shoot the three, post you up, or beat you with their cross over.


There is just as good a chance of Reggie sliding down. Remember all the trade down talk, pick him up at #4, & pick up another first round pick?? the thought being N.O. has a stellar RB, Tennesse would go QB, and NY wanted Vince...... I mean Lienart more than they wanted Reggie?? Same thing could happen now. If we draft D'Brick, Mario, or Vince, N.O. still has the same stellar R.B. and appear to want Mario. Tennessee will still be looking for a QB..... especially after the way they're treating McNair.... NY most likely would take Reggie....... but there are plenty of franchise RB talent, that will be available at their second #1..... they may take a defensive talent that won't be..... Huff, Hawk, Mario if he's there, they could also make a strong cars for wanting/needing D'Brick.

GreenBay I seriously doubt would pass on Reggie though.

IMO the analogy doesn't work for either Bush or Young (or my pet pick, Mario Williams, for that matter) because:

(a) There is no way of knowing that any college football prospect will have that kind of stellar success in the NFL such that Magic Johnson enjoyed in the NBA
(b) Football compared to basketball is a flawed comparison in that there is a much stronger team concept in football. Even in basketball where there is a team of five on the floor + bench + coachng staff, there is a much stronger attribute of teamwork in football. For that matter, AI is one of the very best individual players in the league and has been for years: how many championships has he won?
(c) Magic and the Showtime Lakers were a phenomenal team from top to bottom. It is very true that Magic made those around him better, but the Lakers practically fielded a starting five of HOFers, and Pat Riley and staff used them to the fullest.

The Texans have dramatically improved in the offseason and we should look forward to this draft as a time of improving even more, but I worry that we are going to get a Bush (or hell, even a Young) and go 8-8 next year and everyone is going to say, oh, look at Reggie and his 15 TDs, he was all the difference. Or Vince (or even Reggie) will go to another team that has spent this offseason preparing and had a number of key positions put into place and that team will flourish, and people on this MB will clamor for months that player X made all the difference. Bullspit.

Any positive difference next year will grow out of the very substantial and far reaching transformation to this team that our new staff has already managed to implement. Player X will be a big part of ours or any other team's increased success, but they will not be *the* reason for success.

And do I need to go on as to why the Sam Bowie/Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson/guy from Arkansas comparison isn't relevant? Basketball vs football, apples to oranges. It sounds pretty but does nothing to strengthen your case, regardless of it being Bush or Young you pull for.

 

[geofb]

I see some who were earlier very outspoken for Vince haven't voted at all. Perhaps they're not voting so as to postpone the inevitable dinner of crow?

 

[swtbound07]

I see some who were earlier very outspoken for Vince haven't voted at all. Perhaps they're not voting so as to postpone the inevitable dinner of crow?

I voted...you can shut your crow talk till after the draft...im going down swingng.

 

[kingh99]

I echo that..its like speaking to a brick wall. I dont think anybody has switched sides since this whole debate began

I have. Of course so have Justice and McClain. But they just want someone to get a sound bite from for the next 6 years and they realize they were about to become persona non grata to RB.

 

[bigcarlos]