I’m not ready to say we were too hard on him.  We had a toxic environment, and he has a reputation for being a toxic GM, so I don’t think it was unfair of us to connect the dots.

However, I am am open minded.  He didn’t make any egregious FA signings in 2021, he had a solid draft in 2021, and I thought he brought in a FA class in 2022 that while overpaid, should immediately raise the competency level of the franchise.  In terms of pure job performance, he’s done fairly well, but I still need to see some evidence that he’s grown in terms of not throwing coaches and other co-workers under the bus.

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