Quote:It was like this early in Gene's tenure.

 

There's always a sense of optimism until things go wrong

 

I agree there was overall optimism, but there was still disagreement then (the first offseason), specifically over the wisdom of trading a 2 the next year for Derek Cox.  That disagreement persisted for a while.

 

By this time in Gene Smith's tenure (year 2), the controversy was over Tyson Alualu, whether the team reached for him, whether there was the opportunity to trade down, whether we should have taken Tebow, etc.  Even though many remained optimistic, the chorus against Gene Smith began to grow.

 

TBH I'm not sure if this is optimism based or not.

 

It could be...but there are reasons to think otherwise too.

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