(10-02-2021, 08:24 PM)wg171 Wrote:

(10-02-2021, 03:59 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: Baalke being with the Jaguars for one year (particularly when he wasn't the top person in charge) bothers me less than his record as GM with San Francisco.  The team's records went as follows:

Year 1:  13-3
Year 2:  11-4-1
Year 3:  12-4
Year 4:  8-8
Year 5:  5-11
Year 6:  2-14

Is it hard to see the trend?  The longer he was there, the worst the team got.  One of the reasons I didn't want us to hire Urban Meyer was because no good GM would want the job with Meyer clearly having control.  I wanted the team to go hire the absolute best GM candidate and then let him pick his coach.  This team had a lot of resources this off-season and was primed to make major improvements this year.  With the exception of Lawrence who was a no-brainer, Meyer/Baalke have largely squandered it.

I’ve never cared for any HC having total control. GM should be hired first and allowed to bring in his guy. GM should have final say on personnel decisions although the HC should have input.

I don’t want anyone associated with this teams past drafts around. Yes, DC should have been fired much sooner.

I might suggest that Cleveland is bucking this trend, but on the whole I agree. In CLE, Stefanski was hired before Andrew Berry. However, Maker Bayfield preceded both of them, so the franchise-defining pick was already (they hoped) in place. In that situation, it may work out switching the order up.

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(10-02-2021, 08:25 PM)Upper Wrote: It looks like we're going to need a head coach after this Urban stuff leaking tonight.

you just had to use that word, didn't you?

I don't wanna think about gross old men and their leakage problems at the cabaret

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