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Message: <blockquote data-quote="milani" data-source="post: 646946" data-attributes="member: 6654">The years he failed were 2005, 2006, and 2008.  05 and 08 were the disappointing ones. And we could have gone farther in several of the other years if he had just gotten us that one or two players short term. The obvious blunder was not getting Tony Gonzalez from KC in 2008. Finley was just learning the role and a reliable 3rd down TE would have changed a number of those close losses to bad teams. We already discussed his failure to sign ether Mike Wahle or Marco Rivera in 2005. Then when Ryan Grant goes down in 2010 the first week he puts the running game all on Brandon Jackson???? Yes, we won the SB somehow but a wiser GM would have easily acquired Marshawn Lynch from Buffalo and taken some of the load off Rodgers. Recall the concussion he suffered in Detroit.           Great GMs make moves in every sport. They don't just stand pat, ALL the time. Look how Ron Wolfe signed Andre Rison and Desmond Howard in 1996. Paid dividends for that year. The best example I saw was in the NHL last season. The Chicago Blackhawk signed 3 veteran players late in the 2015 season and they figured critically in the playoffs. The result.....3rd Stanley Cup in 6 years! Now that is a GM, Stan Bowman. That is an organization!</blockquote>

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