Quote:I'm still in the keep Caldwell camp. I think it's too early to write off Fowler and Bortles (I'd bench Bortles for the remainder of the season though). Joeckel is bad but he was using Smith's scouts so I'll pass that one. His cap management along with John Idzik is superb.


The only thing I reeeeealy don't like is keeping Bradley around. This clown HC gets 3 OC's and 2 DC's yet we still suck.

 

Its too early to write off Bortles? How long is enough? Your statement on the reasoning of the selection of Joeckel is completely false, one of the first questions Shad asked Dave in the initial interview process was, "who's the best player in the 2013 draft?" David confidently said "Luke Joeckel". That had nothing to do with Gene Smiths scouting staff and everything to do with David's on assessment, which was clearly off.

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