Quote:Gene Smith gets a worse rap than he deserves.  His capabilities were maybe overhyped, but he was not bad as a talent evaluator.  He obviously didn't have a solid plan of how to build a winning football team that could withstand the injuries that he would face.    He got too caught up in trying to build a team that was tough in the trenches and didn't understand what it takes to win in the "new" NFL until it was too late.  Ultimately, he missed on quarterback which is the fatal blow, but you gotta pick a guy at some point.   And you only got like 3 years.  

 

(Plus, he won the same amount of games in his first season as Caldwell won his first two.) 

 

*ducks*

Gene Smith was handicapped by Wayne Weaver. He was instructed to select only safe players that wouldn't discredit the team by getting in trouble after the Harris débâcle. Alualu was one of his instructed safe picks. Mr. Weaver also instructed him to Not Spend on players because the team was secretly up for sale. For these reasons alone, Gene was given that contract extension by Mr. Weaver that was nullified by Mr. Khan. He was doomed by ownership...


NH3...

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