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This is the same guy I posted about after hearing him bash Tasker on the radio a while back. now he devotes a whole column to it.
There's no perfect way to elect someone to a hall of fame and at the same time reject others.
Voting in the Pro Football Hall of Fame may be the most difficult of all because while there are statistics for receivers, running backs and quarterbacks, there are none for offensive linemen and few good ones for defensive players.
Voters must rely many times on the word of others who either played with or against players, or who saw them play much of their career. Even then, it's tough to determine because teammates and even opponents will say anything to help a player's candidacy.
Common sense should take over at some point with these candidates, and it has not happened in the most recent voting.
Steve Tasker made it among the 26 semifinalists and Donnie Shell did not.
Voting in the Pro Football Hall of Fame may be the most difficult of all because while there are statistics for receivers, running backs and quarterbacks, there are none for offensive linemen and few good ones for defensive players.
Voters must rely many times on the word of others who either played with or against players, or who saw them play much of their career. Even then, it's tough to determine because teammates and even opponents will say anything to help a player's candidacy.
Common sense should take over at some point with these candidates, and it has not happened in the most recent voting.
Steve Tasker made it among the 26 semifinalists and Donnie Shell did not.
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