Always felt bad Brian Baschnagel last year was the year before the 85 run

[Bearly]

Oh I agree. Waddle should've been a #3. Ditka never gave a damn about speed. I mean he let one of the fastest men on the planet leave (Gault). Ultimately it was probably Ditkas undoing. His idea of speed at WR was just splitting Neal wide. And yes that worked alot. But Ditka didn't understand that when Neal didn't split wide...you needed the ILLUSION of speed outside with your WRs. With Davis and Waddle split wide, those safeties moved right up.

Anthony Morgan was a poor man's Gault and should've been the starter opposite Davis. But that was Ditka. Preferred the lunch pail WRs like Waddle over speed.

Do you actually think it was Ditka that let Gault go? Gault held out and asked to be traded to the west coast to pursue his acting career. Ditka always held to company line when it came to players, strikes etc.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-07-27-8801180010-story.html
Can't remember if we got Armstrong or Woolford with the pick.

 

[SuperDitkaMan]

Do you actually think it was Ditka that let Gault go? Gault held out and asked to be traded to the west coast to pursue his acting career. Ditka always held to company line when it came to players, strikes etc.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-07-27-8801180010-story.html
Can't remember if we got Armstrong or Woolford with the pick.

Understood. But Ditka didn't do much to replace that speed. Especially after McKinnon left too. It's almost like Ditka didn't understand just how much the speed of those 2 guys on the outside helped the running game. Anthony Morgan was the ONLY real burner they brought in after Gault and McKinnon.

 

[richb688]

James Scott what a name from the past