Most baffling All Decade choices

[PFHOFlover]

John Turney knows about all these questionable choices. He helped create the All-Mid Decade teams on Pro Football Journal.
The HOF should acknowledge or honor/accept these teams. Thoroughly thought out and sensible ...

Thanks for the compliment, but I wouldn't want Hall to acknowledge but was hoping to inspire some kind of panel to follow suit--the hall voters, a select group og them, maybe a pfra group of 50, something more than one's guy's opinion.

But, will tell you, there is work involved and for a group of 50 interested people would require a monitor to make sure punt returners are not mistaken for kick returners. Also, format-- taking into account 3-4s and 4-3s and so on--there would have to be debates before the debate, if you will.

would take a few months if any care were given to it, or even a group like ours would have some odd picks...I copped out by picking more than a 22-man roster...

Anyway, just random thoughts on the idea.

John what do you think of the list how did I do

[Brian wolf]

I am more prone to the mid-decade teams Robert, but Baughan or Chuck Howley would have been fine for me. Like John listed, you want players to have had at least 5-6 or more outstanding seasons.

[JohnTurney]

John what do you think of the list how did I do

I agree with them. I would add Earl Campel for 1970s...seems like two years is too few.

[Sonny9]

Maybe the all decades team should take into account the 2 years before and after that decade? So '78-91 covers the 1980s Decade Team and ''88-'01 would be the 1990s Decade Team.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Sounds like this thread is focused on players who didn't play enough seasons in the given decade, but there are some baffling choices for other reasons. Bob Carroll pointed out in a CC article, that the 1920s team was back filled with HOFers. They were short at a couple positions and actually made a nice addition in Lavie Dilweg. The other thing he spotted were lots of coaches. Should Halas really have made all-decade as a player for example?

Then in the '30s, I don't think anyone wrote about this, but there are a pair of really baffling choices in Bill Lee and George Svendsen (mentioned by the OP). Not much evidence contemporary observers recognized them as best players for even a season in any decade.