(12-28-2019, 09:04 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(12-28-2019, 08:49 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:
Gene Smith's picks mostly sucked from the get go. He failed to do his homework on Blackmon and Gabbert, and both arrived with major uncorrectable flaws. Alualu was a huge reach. You can'r defend Gene Smith based on players starting out looking good and failing to develop.

Linder played guard in 2014, center in 2016/2017, and most posters here think he should be moved back to guard. I take that as a hint that his best year was 2014. You might be right about Parnell. I wonder what PFF says about them. IIRC Bowanko had a solid year in 2014 too as our starting center, but his demise may be due to injury rather than coaching.

I don't know how much Coughlin overrode Caldwell. If every personnel decision was Caldwell's, then he needs to go. Most look like something Coughlin would do (although I believe Caldwell was the one who wanted Taven Bryan). Presumably Khan knows where the blame actually lies and then hopefully makes the right choice based on his knowledge.

He looked better at center in 2017 than he ever did at guard. He was around a top 5 center in 2017, was never a top 5 right guard when he played there. Good player at both spots though imo. 

And almost none of that information will be released. Unless through leaks. 

Shad was handed a golden opportunity to reset the franchise, bring in new people with new eyes and idea to evaluate the roster and use rebuild type draft capital on. It's a terrible choice to continue on with his half measure policy and will end up with the same results unless they really nail this HC hire