Quote:Shack was a good GM.  He is a victim of the Owner meddling in football operations.  Wayne got swayed by the swing for the fences mentality that trapped him in 1999.  I liked listening to Shack's interviews as well.  2008 draft was just unfortunate and we kept the wrong guy in Gene Smith.

 

The Gene Smith small school stuff is so darn laughable now.  Oh how I miss these

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AQAmhsBcIw

 

this one makes me laugh so hard I cry...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_DpUA4V_3o

I wouldnt say he was a good GM, Id say he was decent at his job, made the team pretty competitive overall ( cant say that for anything since him), who screwed up in the end. I think after 2007, the defense got old and needed a retooling, they signed Garrard to a mega contract for being a game manager and went out and broke the bank for an overrated WR and a bad attitude CB. Then they traded the future of the franchise away to select another in the long line of first round busts for the Jaguars in Derrick Harvey. Then went on to completely botch the rest of the draft with more players who simply were not good. 

 

Shack was fired and probably rightfully so. But they should of cleaned house with the entire front office, instead, because Weaver was looking to sell the team, he decided to keep it in house and he kept on his long time friend, aid and one of the most trusted people within the Organization who was here since day in Gene Smith. We all know how that tale ended. 

 

If anything, I think you can blame Wayne Weaver for being inept in the end for why the Jaguars have struggled so much since 2007. Clearly, his mind wasn't with the team and he wanted to get out of the NFL, he simply gave up and went with the cheapest route possible and let the team go to rot. 

 

Shack was okay, he has a much worse reputation then he should, but at the same time, he did screw up royally in the end with bad contracts, bad FA signings, gave the backup to his bust first round QB a mega contract and traded the teams future away for another 1st round bust. He was rightfully fired, but the people up top should of seen how bad things got and cleaned house. However, it seems there was more to the story then what we were led on to believe. Weaver was looking to get out and clearly, 2008 on wasn't about the Jaguars, it was about finding a new owner for the city. 

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