(06-01-2020, 04:31 PM)iHaunting Raven Wrote:

(06-01-2020, 03:48 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote: Maybe Balke was brought in to help with evaluating line talent. Wasn't that his specialty? If so, then Bartsch and Chaisson met his approval, so they'll be good. Balke said then they'll be good? hahah ok

If Caldwell gets fired, it's Pandora's Box. We could get another Gene Smith or Shack Harris, with their own deficiencies. I think there's room for a GM to evolve and learn from their mistakes. Do you think Caldwell has learned anything about evaluating QBs after Bortles, Foles, and Minshew? Hopefully Minshew is the guy and he never has to take a QB high again. 

Has he learned anything about TEs after two expensive free-agent TE non-fixes? On the latter, Eifert is at least a less expensive fix.

And he is better than that? hahaha what is his record again? with and without Coughlin?
Minshew is a Coughlin's guy, you wanna give it to DC? then Fournette is DC's fault too, and he passed on Mahomes and Watson.

Couple things.  1) Yes, Caldwell is better than both Shack and Gene.  If you don't think that's obvious, I don't know what you're looking at.  A team's record is not necessarily an indicator of the effectiveness of the GM, given how many moving pieces there are to a team.

2) We don't really know the dynamics of who picked who or whatever, but we do know Foles was Coughlin's guy and he forced the issue to start him when he was "healthy."  So I'm not certain that we can really say Minshew was his guy.

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