Quote:Love how you always bring up Madden. I don't play but cool.

 

I bet if you could go back and look at mock drafts done by people on this board from 2008-2012, I bet they were better than the GMs. GMs definitely do play a major role but only good GMs. After 2 drafts, you could tell Gene was terrible. Scotty McGee, Larry Hart and Austen Lane? Yikes.

 

And sometimes it is that simple. Sometimes people on this board don't out think the draft pick. They just take the best player. Alualu at #10? I think a ton of people were calling for Earl Thomas and JPP.

Nobody was ever declaring Gene was a great GM, especially after his 2nd draft.  Still, they gave him the benefit of the doubt that he had a plan, and that he should be allowed to let it play out.  When it continued to flounder, nobody was hoping the team would keep him around.  Most people have moved on.  You clearly haven't because you bring him up with some regularity. 

 

This GM has done everything he possibly could to fumigate the roster and move on from that era.  It's a shame some fans can't seem to follow suit. 

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