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Mikey · 01-27-2022, 09:16 AM

(01-27-2022, 01:48 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:
(01-27-2022, 01:29 AM)AlsJagsFan Wrote: I've read a few articles and tweets suggesting that Baalke will be fired after the draft. What benefit is there in doing that? My opinion is there are teams looking to hire their GMs currently so the draft argument holds little water in my opinion. Sure I'm sure he's done some work, but it's not just him the scouts have as well any new GM would get the same info from the scouts. I understand people's opinions of shad, but assuming he will be let go after the draft what logical reason am I missing?

What? That would possibly be the dumbest move in the history of the franchise, even worse than hiring Meyer. Why let Baalke screw up our draft and then fire him? That makes absolutely no sense at all. It would almost be as bad as keeping him. What good GM is gonna want to come here after the draft, when some other loser has put his draft picks on the team. I sure as hell wouldn't! Your basically stuck with those players whether you like them or not.

I'm convinced Dave Caldwell knew he was basically out the door when he selected C.J. Henderson and K'Lavon Chaisson, so he intentionally tanked that draft as a middle finger to the team. Neither one of those picks ever made any sense to me. If we let Baalke stay only to get us through the draft and then fire him afterwards, what is to keep him from doing the same?

Oh come on with that second paragraph. Don't stoop to those levels of conspiracy theory. Both picks made perfect sense, we were replacing two guys who jumped ship, and while neither player drafted returned the investment in them, the thought process was crystal clear - we lost a valuable player at (two) position, we need to try to fill that void.

It's what he did - he found the biggest holes in the roster and that shaped his early draft strategy every single year. Often at the expense of passing up much better players at less vacuous positions on the roster.

I'll agree that allowing a lame duck to handle all of your FA signing and draft board aligning is a terrible idea. If you plan to get rid of him, do it now while some of the better GM candidates are still available for hire. If you wait until May or June to fill the position, you'll once again be scraping the bottom of the dumpster for your new hire.

(01-27-2022, 07:07 AM)NH3 Wrote: Why don't ALL of the Key Stroking GMs apply for the position when Baalke is virtually fired. Make sure that your resumes are up to date.

Time Will Tell.

NH3...

...maybe the smartest GM in the world sets up a team fansite and monitors all the amateur scouts and mock drafters while not paying any of them a dime? That would be pretty bold.