I never bought into the Gene Smith hype. I thought his scheme and philosophy were a disaster in the the NFL. People were just so happy Shack Harris was gone. He was not a very good GM either, but he could scout talent a whole lot better than Gene. Shack had that really bad year after that great playoff run. People were upset, add the cap mess and FA, and people were wanting him out. Team just needed to be retooled. Defense got old. Gene gutted that squad and built his own. I truly believe the team in 2007 which went to the playoffs, just had a off year in 2008. Defense got old and we needed a couple passing threats on offense. What shack did with the FA was his fault, but that defense did not have to be gutted like Gene did. Gene came in like he was the smartest man in the room, thinking he could fix the team his way, only he made it worse. Every single draft year, with the exception of a few players, have all been failures, which has dug this franchise into the darkest days it has ever seen. I remember 2009, and the ridiculous hype some of you gave Gene. Whats funny is, most the the genies tipped their hat on that 2009 draft class, when in the end, it actually was pretty bad. 

 

I think for me, when i first realized Gene was not the man for the job was 2010. Even though i never bought into the ridiculous hype you all put on Gene, of course i gave him a chance at first. But when Gene drafted Alualu 10th overall, i knew right then, this man was a failure as a GM. That was the biggest waste of value i think i have ever seen a team make. Nobody understood it, not the draft experts, not the scouts or anyone in the league. Not only were the jaguar fans in shock, everyone pointed and laughed at us. Everything Gene said to us was a lie. About his BAP crap, and the Alualu pick was the centerpiece of that scandal. That was Gene falling in love with a player, and wanting noone else. There are so many instances of this, and panic, and reaching for players. He had his board, which was skewed and did not portray the best value on draft boards. With things like character and leadership over actual talent. Whats funny is, that Alualu is not even that good of a player. He is okay, decent starter, probably better in a depth role, but he was no where near worth a top 10 selection. Not even a first.

 

Whats worse is, that was jus the begining. It was a downward spiral from that point on. With the mother of draft busts coming in 2011. Blaine Gabbert has got to be one of the biggest draft busts of all time. My god is he bad. Single handely set the franchise back atleast 3 years with that. So on top  of all his poor drafting and evaluation, his QB selection, the most important one set us back for a long time. When it was clear as day teams where shying away from him, we were dumb enough to trade up for him. Blackmon and Shorts really have been the only picks that actually have been a positive under his era. Sure you can say Cox, Monroe bla bla bla, but they are no longer with us. And really, are not that great themselves. Lets not forget we gave up a second for Cox and took him in the 3rd. He was never available and now he is gone. Monroe is hot and cold. The Anger pick i just laughed. At that point, we all knew what Gene was, well the genies were in their last defense, but 2012 sure put them in their place. Poor drafting landed us into what we are today. Not what shack did, not what jack did, Weaver takes a little blame, but Gene Smith single handely destroyed this franchise. 

 

Some of you are upset over this season, well you can thank Gene. I know who was responsible for destroying this franchise. Some of you are wanting us to not tank the season. We dont have talent, and a few meaningless games wont fix what Gene did to this team. We need Bridgewater here, ALL OF US need to get on board with this. You want this team to be fixed? You want to forget about the disasters of the past? We need that franchise QB. Gus and Dave are not responsible for this mess. This season is happening so we can be the colts and get our andrew luck. I want to see this team be competitive week in and week out. We need that QB.

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