There's been worse or atleast just as bad. Someone back me up plz, I'm not big with the GM names.
User since 2003
There's been worse or atleast just as bad. Someone back me up plz, I'm not big with the GM names.
----------------------------------
"Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before."
I Rustle Your Jimmies!
the bucs in their first few years were horrendous & at least as bad as the recent lions teams, also the mid 80s-mid 90s bucs were notoriously bad alsoOriginally Posted by bucher34
don't know (or care to look up) who GMed those squads
Im watching you
What I have been trying to say is where is the outrage towards other GMs for lackluster teams. I,E San Fransisco, St. Louis, Oakland, Seattle. They were awful to, why is Millen the only one that gets that gets called out?
I Rustle Your Jimmies!
Seattle - 1 bad year
Oakland - everyone knows Al Davis makes the moves
St Louis - just started a bad run recently & decided to fire the coach first, GM was promoted to this spot just a few weeks ago
San Fran - hired a new GM this year
Thing is, unless the GM is really, really good or epically bad, you really don't hear a lot about them.
Im watching you
Ok, but where was the harsh criticism for the old Niners GM, St. Louis has been bad for a while now, wheres people calling out Al Davis? In Seattles case, they were awful like Detroit, how come that GM isnt being called out. You are not answering my question.
I am not saying Millen deserved his job, my point is, he has gotten his name and reputation dragged through the mud, when other GMs deserve the same treatment, but they dont get that treatment and im just wondering why.
Master of Ale!
There HAS been a lot of criticism of Al Davis in Oakland (and everybody knows it's him making the increasingly bonehead decisions there). Frisco no longer has the same GM they had a few years ago...there WAS loud criticism of him and the team dumped him. Seattle, until this year, had been a stable, successful franchise. St. Louis just dumped their GM and their Team President.
Millen and the Lions got so much criticism because he was allowed to be godawful for so long. Come on, he was the GM for 8 years and the BEST he had to show was 7-9??? EVERY OTHER YEAR the team had double digit losses! The man had a top ten pick EVERY YEAR and still couldn't add any talent! That, to me, is what's the most shocking. All of those top draft picks, and only Ernie Sims and Calvin Johnson have lived up to it...and even then, they could (and should) have drafted a QB when they went for Sims. Tack on ridiculous free agent moves (Come on...he made 'the immortal' Cory Redding the highest paid DT in the league at the time based on one season where he was okay) and bad coaching hires and you have an awful, indefensibly bad General Manager.
Registered User
Exactly...i don't know of anyone allowed to be so bad for so long..thats the big difference.
Al Davis is the only one, but he's also a team owner, older than dirt and some give him a pass because he was great in his day which has long since passed. He still gets alot of criticism.
Reply With Quote
