(01-13-2021, 11:20 AM)Sibelius Wrote:

(01-13-2021, 11:09 AM)Upper Wrote: It would be awfully hard to come up with a more disappointing duo than Urban and Baalke considering the power position we were in.

I just don't get Baalke. He took a team from 13-3 to 2-14, becoming ESPN's worst sports franchise in North America in 2016.

I found this editorial written when he was named interim GM - he really doesn't sound like a good choice.

https://blackandteal.com/2020/11/30/jack...nt-baalke/

Ballke is horrible.

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(01-13-2021, 11:26 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(01-13-2021, 10:59 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Well, turn it around.  If Meyer can win national championships with the crappy QBs he's had, why can't he win with a really good one like Trevor Lawrence?

Because this isn't college football. It's a lot easier to win a conference or even the national title when you're coaching at an elite football program where you basically have your pick of recruits, than it is to win in the NFL. The NFL is full of college stars and they go wherever the money is. Meyer won on the college level, because he had elite players who wanted to go to OSU and Florida in order to get national exposure and improve their chances of getting drafted highly. The NFL is totally different. 

If Meyer and Baalke are hired, I believe Meyer will be out after his second year. Unfortunately, I believe we will be stuck with Baalke, because his hiring would signify that Khan only wanted a "yes man" that he was familiar with. Nobody will ever convince me that of all the GM candidates, Baalke would be the best one. He'd be dead last on my list. I certainly don't want Louis Riddick, but I would take him over Baalke. At least Riddick would be something different.

To be fair Meyer has won everywhere.
Sure this is NFL, etc but that doesn't change the fact that Meyer has won everywhere.  Just adds uncertainty.

The QB thing is more concerning to me but my feeling is if Meyer isn't winning in two years he would quit on his own anyway.

Ballke however is another issue.  That guy is a cancer.

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