Betta Bulleavit wrote:fleet wrote:Betta Bulleavit wrote:I completely understand everything they you’re saying and I don’t necessarily disagree. The fact of the matter is that consistent poor decisions have been a staple of this organization for many years now. And it’s created a stigma that isn’t going won’t be easily shaken until we show notable improvements in the W/L column.
My thing is, I don’t believe that we’re as far off as our record indicates. Sure, I know many people would beg to differ and that’s fine. But the most critical of errors that this organization made was miscalculating the negative impact of retaining Eberflus last season. It wasn’t not talking to Daniels. They weren’t drafting him at 1 nor was any other team. In fact, if the Commanders had the number one pick, even they would have drafted Caleb. So I’m not worried about who we drafted, especially once you consider that Caleb (individually) did not have a “bad” season.
The bottom line is (and I risk sounding like a broken record here) is that Poles just needs to worry about making the decisions that he believes in and not worry about what the fans or the media thinks he should be doing. I believe that getting this coaching hire right is the one step that will for the longest way towards changing the general narrative of this team.
I don’t believe there was total consensus on Caleb by the time of the draft. Daniels had a ton of momentum, and quite a number of NFL people in media were calling for Daniels over Caleb. Knowing Poles, he just locked onto Caleb and dismissed any doubt. He didn’t even open his mind to it, never brought Daniels into the building. Other GMs in his position may have done things differently.
No, there was most certainly a consensus. The only person that had Daniels over Williams was Dan Olorvsky (sp). Beyond that, everyone else had Williams over Daniels, which was why it was a foregone conclusion come draft night. There was no question about who the top pick was going to be or who the perceived top prospect was.
Certainly there was no doubt about what the Bears were doing. Daniels never got a team visit. And Orlovsky wasn’t the only one.
