Very true. Hurney was awful. He was just as bad as Fitterer, he just had such an unwarranted long tenure that people just remember his first round "home runs." Guess who else has a stellar first round history? Me. And I'm an idiot.
Huddlers loved Hurney because he overpayed fan favorites and would never move on from any likeable player. Everyone loved his drafts because, "Hey, we need 2 DTs, a safety, and a WR" and he would draft them in precisely that order. It was not until 2 seasons after the fact that none of his picks were still in the league except his vaunted 1st rounder. "He gambled on Keuchley at 7! What a genius!" Yeah, ok.