The Czar pimps him for the Hall
To me, the great thing about Polian is that this old dog was capable of learning new tricks after he hired Dungy to replace Jim Mora. Dungy told me how Polian and he talked for weeks about Dungy’s preference for quicker, leaner defensive players and how Polian altered some of his scouting habits in order to find the type of players that Dungy preferred on defense. There are many who believed one of Dungy’s greatest assets was his eye for defensive talent, and those insights have helped Polian pick rookie cornerbacks Jerraud Powers and Jacob Lacey this past season. Yes, Bob Sanders remains missing, but the secondary still is full of talented and quick speed demons.
At the moment, there are no general managers, the very best judges of player personnel, in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Many selectors believe that Polian will be the first one to have his ticket punched for Canton.
Like a lot of subjects, Polian doesn’t feel that’s the right call. When the idea was broached, he said that old friends like the late George Young of the New York Giants and Bobby Beathard, who built the great Washington teams under Joe Gibbs and later got the Chargers to a Super Bowl, are more deserving of being in the Hall.
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