)So this is what happend. Lovie took the team to the Superbowl in 2006. Flexed his muscle and got rid of the coaches that helped him get there and replaced them with NFL rookie defensive line and back coaches and his buddy as a rookie DC, etc. Lovie tried to play Tony Dungy the teacher and it blew up in his face. Lovie also brought in his guy Adam ArchucrazyIsucka - convincing JA to trade Chris Harris (oh boy that's like a kick in the crotch right now). Other players that couldn't see the field here saw modest to solid improvement elsewhere.
Fast forward 2.5 years and internally within the organization IMO Lovie has lost ALL credibility when it comes to anything other than coaching defensive Xs & Os (and motivation). All Lovie's horses and all Lovie's men have been canned.
So now the pendulum swings the other way and JA takes the "It wasn't ME it was THEM!" stance and feels that he put the pieces in place - he has his defensive end (Mark Anderson - who Lovie's coaches screwed up) his possession receiver (Earl Bennett) and a safety good enough in Craig Steltz to cut veteran team leader Mike Brown. He's drafted his LT and has a QB serviceable enough to manage the offense to respectability.
So let's pretend he's right. Lets say:
(1) Anderson returns to rookie form under new coaching,
(2) bennet steps up and becomes a decent possession man to counter Hester's improvement as the deep threat,
(3) Steltz steps in and doesn't get blasted on a goal line stance ala 2nd Vikings game and
(4) That the new defensive backs coach understands that if you keep lining up 8 yards off the line, opposing QB's will keep throwing the quick slant (add other coaching idiot moves here).
Now was that so hard to imagine?
So, if we pretend that JA is right about all that and say he goes RT, S, RB and DE (not in that order) on day 1 in the draft. My question is:
AT WHAT LEVEL (NOT RECORD) DOES THIS TEAM COMPETE?
A) SUPERBOWL THREAT
B) NFC TITLE GAME
C) DIVISION TITLE
D) WILD CARD
E) OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
That's PURE Hindsight. Why would his teammates be shocked? Why would anyone be schoked? He's the all time conference receiver and caught an SEC-record 236 passes for 2,852 yards in three seasons at Vanderbilt. He was projected to go anywhere from rounds 3-6. That's a podcast I'd like to hold on to. 
