Quote:I got to agree here.  When a whopping 5 win season is the top of your resume it raises questions.  Lots of head scratchers around here

So he hasn't yet had a winning season as a GM; but remember, that was expected by most who understood what the gutting of this team would mean. This was not a short term, quick fix solution but one that would require more time. It is still thought that in the end it will produce an overall stronger team with potential to become regular, legitimate, contenders for playoffs berths... playoff berths which were the result of superior league performance and not due to extraordinary bad competition in our own division.

 

Nevertheless, at this time we really don't know if Dave will earn the compliment of being said to be an 'extraordinary' GM. So far, he's done alright for the most part, but he hasn't actually done anything which most would regard as 'exceptional'. Of course, when compared to prior GM's here like Gene Smith or Shack Harris, he seems terrific! But that's like comparing a moderately nice looking girl to a bunch of homely girls... of course she is going to stand out and seem exceptional in that crowd! Same thing with Dave Caldwell as a GM here.

 

The best thing Dave has done so far is the acquisition of what we think is our franchise quarterback, and that is a big deal. He has also given Bortles some good weapons in the receiver corps and a decent running back. Regrettably, the list of players he has brought here who have been..(ahem..) 'less than stellar' has been long too. We know the names too well; Gerhart, Beadles, Joeckel, Hood, Gratz... the list goes on. And then let us not forget he brought our current HC here too.

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