Trading 1st round picks

[CarolinaSamurai]

Hey, I didn't really pay attention to the drafts back when Hurney and Fox were doing it. I was looking back at 2009 and 2010 . Those who followed our drafting then. Why the fug did we trade so many 1st round picks? Hurney sucked outside the 1st round and we would trade that away? I'm flabbergasted!

[Swaggasaurus]

We traded back into the 1st for Otah in 08. Then it all went downhill 

[Mr. Scot]

Two words: Bobby Beathard.

He was Hurney's mentor, and he sometimes liked to trade away future first rounders.

[JawnyBlaze]

Otah was a good trade/pick.  His career getting ended after one year cuz of injury was a fluke, but he was a beast when he was on the field.  After that, all of Hurney's trades were trash.  The Armanti Edwards one still gives me nightmares.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

daily reminder that the pick we traded away to move up to get everette brown eventually became mike iupati

[Kevin Greene]

Hurney was an idiot

[magnus]

Two words: Bobby Beathard.

He was Hurney's mentor, and he sometimes liked to trade away future first rounders.

a minor concern when Gettleman points to Brandon Beane "orchestrating many trades" when speaking to what he's done to deserve a promotion, is where that came from.  

Doesn't say "Beane's the one that suggested it", necessarily, but in the wrong light, yeah.  Beathard's foolhardiness being Hurney's being Beane's problem would be a f'in bummer.

[Mr. Scot]

a minor concern when Gettleman points to Brandon Beane "orchestrating many trades" when speaking to what he's done to deserve a promotion, is where that came from.  

Doesn't say "Beane's the one that suggested it", necessarily, but in the wrong light, yeah.  Beathard's foolhardiness being Hurney's being Beane's problem would be a f'in bummer.

Agreed. And I'm not a Beane fan.

[csx]

Agreed. And I'm not a Beane fan.

why?

[Snake]

Agreed. And I'm not a Beane fan.

You have to wonder if that's not why Jr wanted a older GM.  So he could move Beane in when DG is done in a few years.  Kinda scary if you ask me. 

[ctrcat]

Moronic, but at least it was before the new-CBA, rookie wage scale, 5th year option, etc.

Trading three straight first round picks WILLLLLL come back to bite the Seahawks in the behind.

[Mr. Scot]

why?

Because I prefer for someone whose job is primarily personnel evaluation to have a background in scouting.

[MV%doe]

Pressure, diamond like.

Hurniay needed to fix/replace peppers, but both he fox needed to have back-to-back winning seasons. Hurniay gambled on the "one player away theory". Oath was needed for power running team, just happen not to work cause he got waaaaay out of shape during a injury period. Then you start to look at the millions in bank and forget about football.

[Panthro]

You want the heeby jeebys? Hurney was offering next years first to move up in the 2nd to grab Clausen. Yeah.