In about one and a quarter off-seasons, he's cut, traded or refused to re-sign numerous starters/name players from the Donahoe era:
Sam Adams
Troy Vincent
Lawyer Milloy
Jeff Posey
Eric Moulds
Bennie Anderson
Chris Villarial
Willis McGahee
London Fletcher
Nate Clements
Mark Campbell
In addition, it looks unlikely that Shelton will return, Holcomb may or may not be out, and there were rumors of trading Spikes (but I haven't heard anything about that since Friday so it may not happen).
A lot of these guys were getting old, and at least in the case of Adams and Moulds, the situation between them and the team had become unsustainable so Marv didn't have much choice. And I really think Marv would have kept Clements if it wasn't for the insane cost.
In a lot of ways, this is good. Our team is getting younger and they're the guys that Marv chose, not holdovers from the previous ways. In some ways, it's bad- we've lost a lot of experience. Has anyone on this team even played in a playoff game? I'm thinking maybe Dockery and Royal in 05, Tripplett, and Peerless Price (?)- that's it. And it will take time for this team to develop.
Overall, I'm hoping we're rebuilding the right way this time. I think the base is there for the offense in Losman, Evans, Peters and Dockery and we're just filling in pieces. The D is so young that it's hard to tell if the base is there or not. It seems to me that we've got Whitner, Schobel and a bunch of unproven or middle-of-the-road guys after that. I still say we need 2-3 players on D to avoid being stat fodder on D this year.
Sam Adams
Troy Vincent
Lawyer Milloy
Jeff Posey
Eric Moulds
Bennie Anderson
Chris Villarial
Willis McGahee
London Fletcher
Nate Clements
Mark Campbell
In addition, it looks unlikely that Shelton will return, Holcomb may or may not be out, and there were rumors of trading Spikes (but I haven't heard anything about that since Friday so it may not happen).
A lot of these guys were getting old, and at least in the case of Adams and Moulds, the situation between them and the team had become unsustainable so Marv didn't have much choice. And I really think Marv would have kept Clements if it wasn't for the insane cost.
In a lot of ways, this is good. Our team is getting younger and they're the guys that Marv chose, not holdovers from the previous ways. In some ways, it's bad- we've lost a lot of experience. Has anyone on this team even played in a playoff game? I'm thinking maybe Dockery and Royal in 05, Tripplett, and Peerless Price (?)- that's it. And it will take time for this team to develop.
Overall, I'm hoping we're rebuilding the right way this time. I think the base is there for the offense in Losman, Evans, Peters and Dockery and we're just filling in pieces. The D is so young that it's hard to tell if the base is there or not. It seems to me that we've got Whitner, Schobel and a bunch of unproven or middle-of-the-road guys after that. I still say we need 2-3 players on D to avoid being stat fodder on D this year.
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