(09-21-2020, 11:32 AM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote:

(09-21-2020, 02:50 AM)jrvegeeta Wrote: Most of the players Caldwell was drafting went exactly where they should have during the drafts. Stop blaming a GM for poor coaching decisions, which is what has dogged this team for decades. Bad coaching will ALWAYS cancel out great talent because no player, no matter how good he is, comes into the NFL without needing to learn the speed, system and the culture - no exceptions. Players do not come up with gameplans or dictate how a system is run. That's the COACHING STAFF.

On top of all that, Tom Coughlin came in and ruined a pretty good setup by Caldwell. Don't even try to say that they made the playoffs because of Coughlin - nearly all of that talent from that 2017 team was drafted by Caldwell. What happened to all of those players? Coughlin ran them off - and now Caldwell is forced to take the blame for all of it from us fans because we think we know exactly what goes on inside the building. Newsflash: WE DON'T.

Fire Caldwell if he drafts a guy that turns out to be on the same level as Blaine Gabbert or any other player from the 'He-who-must-not-be-mentioned' era, but not for drafting good/great players that the coaching staff uses incorrectly.

According to who?  Mel Kiper?  Stop blaming coaching for bad personnel decisions. Bad personnel will ALWAYS cancel out great talent.  And the talented players he has chosen were locker room cancers.  This GM has picked 2 head coaches... same results.

And Tom Coughlin, who has multiple Super Bowl rings, ruined a great set up by Caldwell?  What great set up?  The only winning season we have had in over a decade was BECAUSE of Coughlin, not despite of him.  He was the toast of the town during the play-offs here, or does your selective memory not recall that?  He just was not good enough to overcome Caldwell's disasterous decsions for many prior years to keep it going.  Plus he was getting old and losing touch.

We may not know what goes on inside the building, that is true.  But do we know what the results of 8 years of Caldwell leadership is?  NEWSFLASH:  WE DO.  36 wins and 76 losses.  One winning season, with the next best season 6-10.  Complete debacle.