Gene Smith given promotion to General Manager

by FSBlueApocalypse on Jan 12, 2009 9:11 PM EST in News Comment 13 comments

(Sorry Gene, Google Image didn't turn up a better picture in the first 5 pages)

Alright, so I admit my tinfoil hat was on too tight in this situation. I thought the stars were aligning for the reign of Emperor Del Rio with the Jaguars. I figured Smith was Del Rio's mouthpiece and we were heading for a situation similar to the end of the Coughlin era where one man was in total control of the team. Instead, we have an annoucement of the first official GM in the team's history.

So what does this really mean? Smith has full say on personel decisions and Del Rio has the say on coaching. For the lack of a better metaphor, it means Smith is in charge of buying the groceries and Del Rio is in charge of who cooks the meal.

Speaking of the Coughlin era, I believe this move may have been motivated by Weaver's memories of what happened at the tail end. While I think Coughlin was a good coach, his track record as GM, was well, awful in my opinion. Now there is no room for Del Rio to try a power grab, and hopefully everything will be in harmony.

Collin and I will be doing a VS series later in the week and I will certainly address this move more during that time.

-John

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What is your opinion on Gene Smith being promoted to the full General Manager?

Great Move

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Undecided, let's see how Free Agency and the Draft go

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Terrible Move

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In my opinion

Gene Smith to GM shows how disappointed Wayne was in both Shack and Jack. Make no mistake, Jack Del Rio took a major hit for this season.

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by Tkopa on Jan 12, 2009 9:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't say Del Rio lost any power really

Remember, if Del Rio had any real say, we would have Brady Quinn on the roster and not have gone up to get Harvey. It’s just more of, ok here’s what role me play, let’s do it.

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by FSBlueApocalypse on Jan 12, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Gene has been with the team for years and is the very definition of how to move up in an organization.

The guy has earned this opportunity and I don’t think it means anything bad for Del Rio

by silencecs on Jan 13, 2009 3:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Jacks a good coach....

just not a good GM

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by Rufio904 on Jan 12, 2009 10:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

my thoughts exactly

Now he can fully concentrate on getting our boys together.

by reggie nelSON on Jan 12, 2009 11:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think it's a great move just because

it creates a GM position. I hope Gene Smith will be good, and I like what I hear, but it’s important to create the position in general.

by MoveThoseChains on Jan 12, 2009 10:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Bingo!!

by Jacked Up on Jan 13, 2009 5:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I look forward

to some real smart draft picks this year and next. Gene said that he wont take any high risk low reward guys. Im not sure how good we will be but if Miami can go from 1-15 to 11-5 then maybe we can too.

by JagSoldier on Jan 14, 2009 9:55 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

It looks like Shack wont be unemployed for long

The Cleveland Browns seem to be interested.

by SoCalStites on Jan 15, 2009 12:27 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Bwaahahahaha

Shack and “The Mangenius” as the head guys for the Browns? I hope HBO decides to do an episode of Hard Knocks at the Browns camp this year

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by FSBlueApocalypse on Jan 15, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I just wanted to point out that Coughlin actually did a good job. He made some mistakes in the 2000 offseason to the same effect that were just made in the 2008 offseason- expensive spending with no major results. This put the Jags in cap trouble. His actual drafting put some amazing players on this team. Taylor, Henderson, Stroud, Peterson (FA), Garrard.. the list was in an Ask Vic segment.

The patience of Jax Jags fans isn’t really there yet because it’s a relatively young franchise, so Coughlin wasn’t allowed to fix his mistakes with the whole city calling for his head. I suppose Weaver learned from his lessons- he’s given JDR another shot this year..

by meacham on Jan 15, 2009 6:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Actually Coughlin bet the farm over the 98,99, and 2000 offseasons

Peterson was the first FA on the Del Rio era. However, even going back to the blockbuster FA contract we gave Leon Searcy, the front office during the Coughlin era was bad. Searcy, Carnell Lake, Gary Brackett, Bryce Paup, etc. Coughlin’s failing was that he pushed so much money into the future it was maddening. Also, while I think Coughlin hit alot in the first round, look at his results past that. This time we have the cash to get us out of this mess quickly. At the end of the Coughlin era, had it not been for the Houston Texans, the Jaguars may have as well suspended operations and sat out a year instead of forcing their fans to sit through a team that would have been built from players who wouldn’t have even sniffed a practice squad other wise.

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by FSBlueApocalypse on Jan 15, 2009 7:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

In the 1990's it was popular to "beat" the system

People perceived the 49ers and others of getting around the salary cap and games were being played elsewhere as well. I think it came to dawn on teams that the salary cap is actually a good way to manage your finances.

For some reason football people didn’t make good accountants, but they did learn.

I was actually relieved to hear the Jaguars are in good financial shape.

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by Tkopa on Jan 16, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs