|
|
01-16-2013, 03:28 PM | #1 |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
|
|
Posts: 88,960
|
01-16-2013, 03:31 PM | #2 |
'Tis my eye!
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Chiefsplanet
Casino cash: $10269900
|
Are you suggesting that if they had passed on Locker and Gabbert and continued winning 6-7 games with the veterans they had, they wouldn't have been?
|
Posts: 100,022
|
01-16-2013, 03:33 PM | #3 | |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
|
Quote:
Although Gene Smith had been on shaky ground for a long time. |
|
Posts: 88,960
|
01-16-2013, 03:36 PM | #4 | |
Needs more middle fingers
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego
Casino cash: $4174563
|
Quote:
Yeah, drafting a QB is risky. But the rewards are tremendous. Every GM/HC has to identify a QB. Every one of them. How well they are able to identify that QB and then develop him is what keeps their Jobs or gets them fired. |
|
Posts: 64,435
|
01-16-2013, 03:40 PM | #5 | |
Special Teams ACE!!!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Where the hell is SNR
Casino cash: $2230208
|
Quote:
Let's say you're Gene Smith. You know you're a shitty GM, but really want to keep your job. You have two options: 1) Draft a QB. A delicate process, but one that will keep you in business for years if it works out. A great QB = wins = a job. However, if the QB busts, the shitty job you've done with the team will be exposed and you'll get fired 2) Don't draft a QB. In spite of your shitty record with ALL first rounders, this might have a higher chance of generating a positive contributor to your football team in a QB year like 2011. However, even if your player hits, there's still the issue of the vacancy at QB as well as all the bullshit around that vacant QB you drafted before. You can draft this one guy and he can hit, but you need to do that AT LEAST ten more times before your team starts to play well and you get to keep your job. So which one would you choose, Gene Smith? If I were that guy, I'd pick option #1. Hit on that QB and your job is gold. Whereas in #2, you can hit on that pick but your job is still in danger. |
|
Posts: 90,562
|
01-16-2013, 03:44 PM | #6 | |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
|
Quote:
So essentially, he drafted Gabbert out of fear instead of drafting him because he felt he was a franchise QB. |
|
Posts: 88,960
|
01-16-2013, 03:47 PM | #7 | |
Special Teams ACE!!!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Where the hell is SNR
Casino cash: $2230208
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 90,562
|
01-16-2013, 03:48 PM | #8 | |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
|
Quote:
"Well, what the ****?! I might get lucky!". **** me if that's what John Dorsey and Andy Reid are thinking. |
|
Posts: 88,960
|
01-16-2013, 03:57 PM | #9 |
.
Join Date: Dec 2002
Casino cash: $57166239
|
Are you saying Geno Smith = Gabbert?
__________________
|
Posts: 36,130
|
01-16-2013, 04:11 PM | #10 |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
|
|
Posts: 88,960
|
01-16-2013, 04:12 PM | #11 |
Special Teams ACE!!!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Where the hell is SNR
Casino cash: $2230208
|
Hold it. We're talking about Gene Smith, not John Dorsey. One at a time.
|
Posts: 90,562
|
01-16-2013, 04:15 PM | #12 |
Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
Casino cash: $10053648
|
|
Posts: 88,960
|
|
|