Quote:Gus deserves a good bit of the blame imo.  I think he's overwhelmed by being the head coach.  His choices in coordinators are mostly underwhelming too.  Caldwell has put together some talent.  It's not cream of the crop talent yet.  But remember that his first draft was a pretty weak draft class, and most of the players we got rid of with maybe one or two exceptions weren't that good elsewhere.  

 

Gus will get the blame, and he's far from perfect. But Dave did him no favors by giving him an extremely young team (keep in mind that Dave didn't even spend big money on free-agency until this season)

 

Luke

Cyp

Blake

Lee/Arob

Fowler

Yeldon

 

Those are our top 1/2nd round picks in three years that Dave has been the GM.

 

Dave's FA acquisitions:

 

Gerhart

Beadles

Odrick

House

Julius

 

These players acquired through high money free-agency and top 2 picks in the draft? These are supposed to be our core players. Do any of these players scare another team? (maybe Julius, but he's hurt).

 

When in 3 years your GM has not drafted or signed a player that you KNOW will be a cornerstone of your franchise...this is the mess that you end up...regardless of your coach.

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