TE Joel Dreesen Re-Signed

Keith · #1 03-10-2009, 09:15 AM

Those old profiles used to draw in a lot of outside search traffic to the site. But man, were they a bitch to write. Ric's original idea to have a War Room page as I recall was centered on the Texans being understandably sucky in those early days and having the draft be a major focal point for us back then (especially pre-2002). Now that there's a viable product on the field to watch and evaluate, the draft (relatively speaking) has taken a somewhat lesser role in comparison, so the 'bang for the buck' reduced a bit.

We used to write those (at least I tried to) in the summer when there wasn't much going on. Even split between the three of us though, it was a lot of work to pull together. That said, since there are fewer graphics on ItB, that saves me quite a bit of time ...no. I think my wife would kill me for finding more time away from the family!!

It's funny though... every now and then I still see someone referencing something like an Atari Bigby profile from HPF.

jppaul · #2 03-10-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith

Those old profiles used to draw in a lot of outside search traffic to the site. But man, were they a bitch to write. Ric's original idea to have a War Room page as I recall was centered on the Texans being understandably sucky in those early days and having the draft be a major focal point for us back then (especially pre-2002). Now that there's a viable product on the field to watch and evaluate, the draft (relatively speaking) has taken a somewhat lesser role in comparison, so the 'bang for the buck' reduced a bit.

We used to write those (at least I tried to) in the summer when there wasn't much going on. Even split between the three of us though, it was a lot of work to pull together. That said, since there are fewer graphics on ItB, that saves me quite a bit of time ...no. I think my wife would kill me for finding more time away from the family!!

It's funny though... every now and then I still see someone referencing something like an Atari Bigby profile from HPF.

Isn't Roy the draft guru? Write it up Roy.

Roy P · #3 03-10-2009, 11:58 AM

Just pay attention and you will see how I feel about the prospects.

I did a little thing called "Pick's Picks" where I wrote some profiles on My Guys. It's not quite as easy as it looks to put stuff down in a structured format.

I do recall liking Dreesen when he was coming out. I projected him to be a poor man's version of Chris Cooley.

jppaul · #4 03-10-2009, 11:34 PM

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Just pay attention and you will see how I feel about the prospects.

Chill out your starting to sound like Dr. Ron.

papabear · #5 03-11-2009, 08:36 AM

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Chill out your starting to sound like Dr. Ron.

I can handle that....but please don't start spewing any grand conspiracies about Smithiak and there plot to destroy the Texans.

jppaul · #6 03-11-2009, 11:51 AM

As long as you promise to...write this down.

Roy P · #7 03-11-2009, 06:36 PM

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Chill out your starting to sound like Dr. Ron.

Sounds like you were volunteering me to do something that I've already done. Thanks, but no thanks.

jppaul · #8 03-12-2009, 12:32 AM

Didn't volunteer you to do anything, it was an obvious joke, well I guess not obvious to everybody. But I am sure that most people understood it was a joke, especially when punctuated with the Big Grin.

Take yourself a little seriously?

Roy P · #9 03-12-2009, 06:18 PM

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Chill out your starting to sound like Dr. Ron.

I guess it just looked like sarcasm. That is something that is hard to discern on a bulletin board, but "rolleyes" seemed to imply that.

That's all....I don't wish to continue this line of back and forth.

Back to football.

jppaul · #10 03-12-2009, 06:22 PM

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That's all.....

Yeah... Anyway I am stoked that we resigned Dreesen.

Warren · #11 03-10-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith

Those old profiles used to draw in a lot of outside search traffic to the site. But man, were they a bitch to write. Ric's original idea to have a War Room page as I recall was centered on the Texans being understandably sucky in those early days and having the draft be a major focal point for us back then (especially pre-2002). Now that there's a viable product on the field to watch and evaluate, the draft (relatively speaking) has taken a somewhat lesser role in comparison, so the 'bang for the buck' reduced a bit.

We used to write those (at least I tried to) in the summer when there wasn't much going on. Even split between the three of us though, it was a lot of work to pull together. That said, since there are fewer graphics on ItB, that saves me quite a bit of time ...no. I think my wife would kill me for finding more time away from the family!!

It's funny though... every now and then I still see someone referencing something like an Atari Bigby profile from HPF.

Thanks popanot, and I agree with what Keith said. I enjoyed researching and writing the profiles, especially when I had seen the player enough to give my own perspective or was otherwise able to come up with something fresh by finding some little-reported fact, Texan angle, etc. But they were very time consuming, and too often I found myself trying to write about players I hadn't seen play firsthand which meant having to rely on others' opinions. But it was cool to see them referenced all over the net, even a few times on NFL.com.