Firing Gus would be bad, firing Caldwell would be a disaster and set the franchise back another 5 years.

 

Caldwell has been the best GM/drafter in the history of this franchise in my opinion - His first draft was pretty weak but it was a weak draft overall and he'd been here 10 minutes so we'll give him a pass on that but these past 2 drafts have been brilliant. Getting talented players multiple rounds after projections (Colvin, Telvin Smith, Greene, Bennett) and picking up some fantastic talent in rounds 3-7 (Colvin, Telvin, DRob, McCray, Linder etc). Coughlin was good but he lucked out with the easy start the Jags and Panthers got then got us into cap trouble. Shack was okay - some big hits and some even bigger misses. Gene sucked, his free agency classes are some of the worst I've ever seen, he overpaid guys like Thomas and Lewis based on one good season and his drafts sucked too, drafting far too many small school players and trading up far too often for average talent.

 

Caldwell should be the GM of this franchise for a very long time if he keeps producing like he has done so far. These guys didn't "luck" out and end up with Andrew Luck, they came in to a bad aging roster with no real direction, no real scheme and have built a team from scratch. They started with the worst QB in the league, the worst group of receivers, one of the worst o-lines (Meester was bad in his final year or two, Whimper was one of the worst football players I've ever seen), MJD on decline.

 

Also - I disagree with clfcrn777 - Daryl Smith is 33 years old, 3 years older than Poz. Keeping Smith around would have been pointless, we've got better/younger/cheaper at that position with Telvin Smith (24 years old, 5th round draft pick contract, better scheme fit). Monroe is a fair shout but he wanted a huge contract and the Jags in 2013 had a long rebuilding road ahead, why waste the money on him?

 

It's easy to look at records and say things are bad - I'd say the Jags where a much better team in 2014 than 2013 despite having a worse record. If we finish 1-15 in 2015 but lose every game by 3 points or less would that be a terrible season?

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