Quote:It's laughable to even suggest that the front office "caved" and did what the fans wanted, in effect doing something they know they shouldn't have.

 

It has happened previously, so it's not laughable.  Wayne Weaver gave in to the fans when he fired Coughlin.  Said it was the worst mistake he made as an owner.

 

There's nothing to indicate Gene "caved" when he drafted Blackmon, but he did indeed deviate from his usual approach when bringing players in through the draft or free agency.  He was regularly blasted here, and in the media for focusing on small school guys and players who didn't have significant baggage in their past.  That mantra was pretty steady on this board.  Gene needed to draft guys who weren't necessarily boy scouts.  The first time he did?  We got Justin Blackmon. 

 

I think that to a certain extent, Caldwell and Gus caved to the fans who were hammering the team all over the place for starting Henne over Bortles.  They caved in and abandoned their plan to sit him for longer than they ultimately did. We will see soon enough if that was the right call, but based on the way the season concluded, there's certainly room to question that decision.

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