>He will get in but again I think the standards are weak, they
>are so weak that now the league is going back and readjusting
>for the past (guys like Gilmore and McGinnis, both of whom I
>like a lot, getting in after all these years). Howard racked
>up a lot of accolades at a time when the position was paper
>thin. Today it's back to being pretty robust and no one even
>thinks about him. He did have a dominant stretch when I think
>you could look at him as a top 2 or 3 player in the league but
>it was short, then he had a couple more years where he was
>very good. Overall he has not realized his potential and never
>grew in a way that would ensure he'd stay nearly as relevant
>into his old age. When I think HOF I think about players like
>Howard in his prime who play at that level or close to it over
>about ten seasons.