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<blockquote data-quote="Spanky" data-source="post: 994099" data-attributes="member: 12367"><p>The team regressed to 6-8 in 1970, which was right after Vince passed away.</p><p></p><p>From 1971-1977 the team was run by George Allen (both head coach and GM). He turned the team around winning at least 9 games every season during that run (in a 14 game season) making the playoffs 5 out of 7 years.</p><p></p><p>I would say their success was more due to George Allen than the inspiration of Lombardi. Allen famously hated rookies and was always happy to trade draft picks for veterans. During his 1971 to 1977 run he traded every 1st round pick he had. In 1971 he did make a 2nd round pick.</p><p></p><p>From 1972 to 1976 he never made a pick before the 5th round. In 1977 his first draft pick was in the 4th round.</p><p></p><p>As crazy as that seems today, there was a certain logic to his plan given that salaries were controlled for veterans and there was no free agency.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spanky, post: 994099, member: 12367"] The team regressed to 6-8 in 1970, which was right after Vince passed away. From 1971-1977 the team was run by George Allen (both head coach and GM). He turned the team around winning at least 9 games every season during that run (in a 14 game season) making the playoffs 5 out of 7 years. I would say their success was more due to George Allen than the inspiration of Lombardi. Allen famously hated rookies and was always happy to trade draft picks for veterans. During his 1971 to 1977 run he traded every 1st round pick he had. In 1971 he did make a 2nd round pick. From 1972 to 1976 he never made a pick before the 5th round. In 1977 his first draft pick was in the 4th round. As crazy as that seems today, there was a certain logic to his plan given that salaries were controlled for veterans and there was no free agency. [/QUOTE]
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