I think we have learned our lesson as an organization. One, unfortunate side effect no one has ackowledged is that our recent FA busts will make us gun shy in the future to sign any FA that may become available.

You can’t make a 23 million dollar business move that fails miserably and not expect to lose your job. I think Porter and Florence are what really cost him his job.

I don’t know that Gene Smith is the answer but I do know that Shack wasn’t. I saw what Jason Jones (pick #54 in last years draft) did on Sunday and couldn’t believe it. In one game he almost equaled the production of our 2008 draft (picks #8 & #52). Time will tell if it was a fluke or not. I think Porter and Florence were the nails in the coffin but I still can’t get over the first round picks that have killed this team. Leftwich is already gone and I see no difference between Reggie Williams, Matt Jones and Mercedes Lewis. They are all basically tight ends.

Well Shack Harris has taken the fall for one of the needed moves that the JJ’s surely must make to improve upon a poor season, although he wasn’t the only one in the war room. Its gonna take time, but a ‘make over’ is what this team needs. Impact free agency players, wise draft picks, a bit of luck when it comes to injuries,etc. I hope the ‘new look’ war room works…that remains to be seen…I wonder. I’ll watch the off-season moves for a clue.

He picked a lot of our core group of players, so I for one don’t want to rag on the guy too much. So here’s some optimism for next year, and don’t worry, I will knock on wood immediately after posting this so as not to jinx us:

I’m looking forward to next season when I’m reading a bunch of posts on this site about how we were too hasty in putting the blame on Shack. I think Harvey and Groves will give us a great pass rush next year and all of a sudden Florence won’t look so bad. At the same time Nelson will finally consistently play to his high potential and Sensabaugh (assuming and hoping he’s back) will continue to play lights out. And with Mikey P gone, D. Smith will become one of the leagues best young MLBs and my man Country Ingram will finally consistently be a starter and he and Durant will complete the resurrection of our feared defense of old.

Offensively we’re gonna see Matt continue to build on this year’s great play and Marcedes will turn into the league’s best all-around TE. MJD will get a lot more touches and continue to dominate defenses with Freddie still mopping them up afterward. With Manuwai and the rest of the line healthy, and Greg Jones doing his thing like always, we will be a top 5 running team again. Garrard will play like it’s 07 and Porter, fully healed and after a season plus a training camp, will finally start to contribute. Hell, maybe with Matt, Marcedes and Jerry playing really well, R. Williams (if he’s still a Jag) will step it up to keep his job.

We will all be thanking Shack Harris next year. At least, I hope we are!

Throw out the points chart because we could have had Harvey or at least someone his equal without trading up and could have had all those other picks to improve this crappy roster. Nebraska Jag stop dreaming. He overreached in the draft and overpaid in free agency and now the Jags will be reluctant in the future, Gene Smith is the cheap way out to giving JDR another year. Any worthwhile GM will want his own guy as coach. Weaver is afraid of a lockout on the horizon and he won’t spend any more until its resolved.