An aging Thomas Edison failed in his quest to invent a machine that could talk to dead people. George Washington chopped down his father's cherry tree (although, to his credit, he admitted to the dirty deed). Whitney Houston had that whole crack head phase.
So you don't want to throw Bill Parcells and his lackeys under the bus for wasting a second round draft selection, although drafting Pat White looks like a giant blunder for a front office of supposed geniuses who have a lot to prove before living up to the hype.