Quote:I can understand why some are upset about this thread. They only spent 5 years of their lives defending this man's every move as he systematically destroyed the franchise. I remember we were set at receiver with future studs like Jarrett Dillard and Mike Thomas. Our d line was set for a decade with pass rushing terrors Austen Lane and Larry Hart coming around the edge! Tyson Alualu was a home run pick and multiple teams were trying to trade extra 1st rounders for him but we snatched him up. In Gene We Trusted when we were the envy of the league when we signed global superstar Laurent Robinson. Yea, Genius Gene may have passed him up when he was on waivers 5 months earlier, but he is an elite player and if anybody disagrees than they are bibbers! These same bibbers were bibbing up a storm when Gene hired Mike Mularkey, but real football geniuses like FBT knew for a fact that Mularkey and Gene Smith with Gabbert at QB were destined for Super Bowl greatness!

So if anybody is bitter, I would think it is the Genies since their hero was fired. Excuse us for making jokes at the Messiah's expense, but the guy was terrible.

 

 

Feel free to go back and point out where anyone, including myself, was thrilled with the Mularkey hire, or that ANYONE on this board said the team was destined for a Super Bowl wiht Gabbert, Mularkey, and Smith.  I'll wait. 

 

It's easy to fabricate stories years later.  The bottom line here is that people like myself did nothing more than preach patience to allow what Smith wanted to do to play itself out.  Nobody was happy with Shack Harris during his tenure, and everyone was on board with ditching him and most supported hiring Gene Smith because he'd come so highly endorsed by none other than Tom Coughlin.  Those of us who were willing to give him a chance were not in love with the guy or many of the moves he made, and when it became clear he was hurting the franchise, most of us were fine with getting rid of the guy. 

 

That's the thing about you bibbers.  You don't understand what the difference is between patience and this full throated endorsement mentality that you seem to think we had.  It's a load of crap to portray it as such, but that doesn't stop you from flinging it just the same. 

 

I know I'm preaching the same thing with Caldwell that I did for Gene Smith.  He says he needs 3-4 years to rebuild the team, and I'm willing to give him that time to do so.  Gene Smith did the exact same thing saying he needed 3-4 years, and by year 3 it was clear he was in over his head.  Nobody lost any sleep when he was eventually fired.  But that's not the narrative you desperately want to concoct, right?

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