The Consiglieri wrote:i think people forget that GM's don't have the same priorities as fans. A GM's interest #1, is in avoiding getting fired, so they can not be relied upon consistently to make a decision in the long term interest of a franchise. That '13 draft was a great example of it, as teams at the top of the draft almost across the board made horrible decisions while teams with safer GM's later in the draft, made wiser decisions.
My solution to that is to fire a GM before they can be allowed to make such a destructive decision. That's why I would have fired GMGM before he made the worst trade in the history of the Washington Capitals simply to try and save his job by landing an 8 seed for the playoffs, while selling the future away for peanuts, that's why I would have fired Casserly before he traded a top 10 draft pick for Brad Johnson in 1999, and sold nearly all the booty we got from the Saints in the Ricky Williams trade, to move up a couple of slots for Bailey, and that's why I would have fired EG in 2009. Instead he was allowed to do a fifteen years of damage to the franchise in just five years of work. Instead he was kept on to botch the 2011, and 2013 drafts in addition to his disastrous performance in 2009.
Not even that always works.
Skins got a new front office with HOF X coach Joe Freakn Gibbs. He was going to come in and save the day.
What did they do ? They lost Champ Bailey who went on to be one of the best corners in the league. What did they get. Portis and Mark Brunell who they over paid for to many years. Then they moved on to trade picks for get Campbell.
Hated both moves at the time. It was an over reaction. Gibbs should went with what he had for one year. Evaluated it. Then made moves. And IIRC, they bid against themselves for Brunell. No one was looking to sign him for that much and for that long.
Bailey was looking for a big contract and the dude even played some WR. He was a stud.
