Quote:People wanted him replaced almost from the start.  However, he was given time to develop, and he started to hit his stride toward the end of his third year.  That was after playing at least 15 games each year.  Nobody is willing to give Joeckel anything close to the same level of patience in allowing him to develop despite the fact that he hasn't started nearly as many games as Monroe had by this point in his career.  So, if Monroe sucked for the first few years in the eyes of the armchair GMs on this board, but eventually developed into a decent upper third of the league starting LT, who is to say Joeckel can't do the same thing with the same amount of playing time? 

 

I'm sure all you experts can pass along this mass amount of wisdom you have about how Joeckel won't develop vs. Monroe since you clearly saw the potential in Eugene and weren't calling for his head, right?