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Originally Posted by paulskinsfan
FINALLY! Yes, our front office IS to blame for the way they have bungled one situation after another! Why even sign Barrow, 35, to a 6 year 13 million dollar dealt to begin with! And why would you tell Lavernous Coles that you will trade him and suffer such a huge cap hit? This team needs a GM. Those of us that are old school remember when the GM was Bobby Beatherd and the team thrived with its personnell, now we flounder. Gibbs has proven he's a great coach, but he needs someone else to be the devil's advocate on personnell decisions, just like Beatherd was in the old days. Vinny Cerrato is NOT the answer, we need a GM that will work with the coach, and disagree with him when it is necessary. Yes, they have picked up a few good free agents in Marcus Washington and Cornelius, but for the most part our team is in disarray when it comes to the draft and free agency. Look at Darnerian McCants, signed him to a deal, gave him a nice sigining bonus, then sat his ass on the bench all of last season. We traded like a 3rd round pick for Brunnell who would've been cut anyway, then we trade Champ AND a draft pick for Portis. I know some of you guys don't like to criticize our team, but the fact of the matter is that our front office has made the Skins a laughing stock on most websites. We need a GM.
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There are so many things wrong with this, it's not even funny.
1) At the time of his signing, Mike Barrow was a pillar of health. He led the Giants in tackles the previous year and hardly missed any games. 6 years and $13 million is a nice low price. Hence, cutting him now doesn't destroy our cap, even though he didn't work out due to bad-luck injuries.
1A) The decision to sign Barrow was not the point of this thread. The point is to discuss how to handle Barrow THIS YEAR.
2) Trading Coles was the best move we made this offseason. We were scheduled to be about $10 million over the 2006 salary cap. Now after trading him away and taking his hit this year, our 2006 looks a lot better. We now have a shot at keeping our core together for the long term, without having to cut key cogs like Jansen. And besides, Coles didn't want to be here. I'd rather let the "core player" who doesn't want to be here walk out the door now, instead of lose a core player next year who does want to be here.
3) Darnerian McCants was not signed to that contract under the Gibbs regime. I can see faulting the front office structure before Gibbs arrived, but you can't hold the current structure at fault on that one. McCants is Spurrier's boy. Spurrier who didn't give two craps about special teams play. Gibbs is making the RIGHT call on McCants; if you're not willing to put your time in on special teams, take a seat on the bench. Just who does he think he is, anyway?
4) Our team is in disarray in drafting and free agency? Again, if we're looking at the record of the GIBBS FRONT OFFICE, it looks pretty good:
Griffin - hit
Springs - hit
M Washington - hit
Portis - hit
C Cooley - hit
S Taylor - hit
Walt Harris - hit
Salavea - big hit for the money
Brunell - miss
Barrow - miss
You can't go holding the GIBBS FRONT OFFICE responsible for the Spurrier regime's horrendous moves. Joe Gibbs calls the shots now, at least judge the moves made UNDER HIM.
5) Did you see the year Champ Bailey had in Denver last year? Would you have been happy paying him $8 - $9 million a year? I sure wouldn't.
6) If you're going to say getting Portis was a mistake, you're just nuts. I don't know if that's what you're saying, so I won't put words in your mouth. But that trade with Denver was pure genius. Bailey got killed all year long. Portis ground out 1300 yards despite being in a misfit scheme. If you want to see how we made out, check him out this year in the zone blocking, stretched out scheme. And plus, look who the Broncos got with that 2nd round pick. Tatum Bell. They were so happy with him, that they felt the need to go sign Ron Dayne and draft Maurice Clarett this year.
The Gibbs front office is the best we've had in years. Count your blessings and actually think about what you're saying.