(11-24-2020, 10:04 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Regardless of the pick, I think we will al support the guy just hopefully they finally find the right guy or guys and draft some building blocks

I think history has taught us we won't all support the guy no matter who he is (well unless it's Trevor perhaps)
If Fields is the pick (and I think he will be) there is at least one person who is clearly not a fan and will take a lot of instant success and good games to turn his opinion.

If it's anyone else else there will be a contingent on the board salty about their guy not being taken or the FO doing it "wrong" or whatever.
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I think some people are confusing certain posts about Fields and guys like Trask as ranking them one better than the other. Aside from one poster I don't think anyone is saying Trask better than Fields or should be taken top 5. There is a separate conversation being had about Trask's NFL viability on the whole and his over/underratedness. In that my opinion is that his average arm strength and pure pocket passer style has him being underrated in all other aspects of the game. Some think I'm being a Gator homer, but homer I'm not. I was never on board with Tebow being an NFL QB... I didn't like the Taven Bryan pick... the beat goes on.

The discussion has been mostly about acknowledging that Fields himself is not without faults (neither is Trevor, imo). And whether there is a draft philosophy that sees this as a relatively deep QB draft and would take a new GM to a place where he may take another premium position such as LT first and then address QB elsewhere.

It's obviously not a popular idea with many posters and I get it. But it's laughable that people sit back and say "you're stuck in your opinion" when they are also stuck in theirs, basially refusing to even entertain the conversation, which I mean what are we even doing on here then unless you come just to argue and pound your chest. People point out that so and so liked a prospect that hasn't been good when every year people like guys like Haskins, Winston, Mariota, Darnold and they aren't very good or flat out suck too.
Plainly, there are more QB misses from real GMs and armchair GMs alike. 

If/when we draft Fields at 2, I personally will support him. I always give our QBs tons of rope. From Garrard to Gabbert to riding the BOAT longer than most.
To come on here just attacking guys all the time is kinda sad imo. Whether that's players or GMs or coaches... whatever. If ANY of us could do it better, we'd be doing it instead of on this damn message board.

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(11-24-2020, 10:52 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: I think it's a given Marrone is gone at the end of this season. Caldwell is a question mark.

I really think it's gotta be a top to bottom cleaning. Otherwise... what the Hell are we doing? If it's the coach, Caldwell picked the coach or had a hand in it... If it's the personnel Caldwell picked them or had a hand in the roster... If it's not developing guys the coaches have their hands in that. I can't say it's one thing over the other... 


Hell, if anything the team looks like it's still playing hard for Marrone. If it's one or the other Caldwell gotta go.
But really, no one should be left from this regime/staff.

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