Beating a dead horse

[Bretsky]

Health is an important issue for all teams, and I'm a bit concerned that Blackmon missed an OTA. If the guy can't stay on the field, that's one less talented player the Packers have. We don't know if he's a good pro player, but he is described as athletic. I hope he can get and stay on the field.

When I read great athletes that have a hard time staying on the field I think if Michael Hawkins and Chris Johnson

[Carolina_Packer]

I just heard something interesting on ESPN radio the other day. They said as a manager in MLB, you can be a great regular season manager and not so great in the post season, but still be highly regarded (see Bobby Cox). In the NFL, you can be a great regular season coach with a lot of wins, but if you suck in the postseason, you're not well regarded (Marty Shottenheimer, and our former HC Mike Sherman).

Those draft lists from Sherman's years and the analysis following are all you really need to read to know how well he kept providing himself with talent to coach. I've maintained all along that he really fired himself as HC because he missed so much as GM and eventually lost that job. I couldn't agree more that it would have been terrific if Harlan had kept the jobs separated when Wolf was retiring. Who knows? Sherman might still be coaching, and may have been able to get to the Super Bowl.