Re-examining the Johnathan Sullivan pick

Gore said

So who coached Michael Lewis up? He was so bad as returner that he even lost his job as a returner for Rhein Fire when the Saints sent him to the NFLE. Who coached Jake Delhomme up? Who coached Stinchcomb up? Payton when Stinchcomb couldnt even practice? It was the old staff of course. The same staff that believed in Stinch as a RT when people here said he was a bust or a G at best...

And if the coaches were there problem (because they couldn't teach) and not the players then why didnt anyone else coach them up? Why has nobody been able to coach up Sullivan? Or Watson? Or Kenny Smith? Or Hodge? Isn't it obvious that no coach could coach them up and that not the coaches but the players were the problem?

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I'm on the same wavelength here. Who coached up Joe Horn? A guy who was an underachiever in KC and comes to the Saints to become a ProBowler? Look at Aaron Brooks...a backup in GB comes in and leads the Saints to their first Playoff victory and ends up throwing more TD passes than any QB in Saints history. What about Darren Howard, Charles Grant or Will Smith? Mike Karney was an impact player drafted by Haslett.

Point is...players with the greatest physical abilities or success in College don't pan out in the NFL for whatever reason. Ryan Leaf, Heath Shuler, Cade McNown, Tim Couch, Tony Mandarich, Ron Dayne, RIcky Williams are but a few examples. I'm not for one second buying that Haslett and Co. kept Sully from developing.

Who knows? One day Sully may get his act together and come back stronger than ever.