(04-03-2023, 11:32 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: A couple of things to mention after reading through some responses:

* I don't think in that interview with Khan that he necessarily praised Baalke beyond calling him the "right" GM. Many here are using other adjectives that I don't think Khan used. Calling him the right guy may mean he's a GM that takes direction from the coaches better than most for all we know.

* While I have not personally been effusive with praise for Baalke - he's certainly been better than the treatment ~20% of our fanbase gave him with the whole klown-out thing.
We'll have a much better idea about the front office element in this "trifecta" after we see what Walker and Lloyd do in their 2nd year in the league. They both need to step up to validate those selections, whether they were made primarily by the GM or the coaches.

I think so far he's been a mid-tier GM with the Jaguars. I wish we had the Ravens' Decosta or the Eagles' Roseman, but the Jaguars could certainly do much worse and have had much worse. The GMs in the division are all newbies learning on the job, except for the Colts' GM, who rode Reid & Mahomes's coattails to his job and hasn't been very effective. I wouldn't want any of them.

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(04-02-2023, 10:55 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: I think 31 of the 32 GMs would have taken Hutch over Walker. This was Baalke trying to be smarter than everyone else imo.  We will see this year if he was in that aspect or he makes himself look like an idiot. Hopefully Walker improves a ton.

He was definitely taking a page out of Gene Smith's book there, only Smith would've picked someone on no one's radar from West Montana State.

I predict Walker can be salvaged if they play him inside at least half the time, especially third downs.

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