What would you have done?

[Ricky Spanish]

it all starts with hardy. what happened was pretty much inevitable. very little that could have happened afterwards would have helped much unless you are talking the draft.

since you want names....i'll just say write all the names of available FA OTs on slips of paper, throw them in a hat and grab a handful and then bring them in AS COMPETITION to bell and chandler, which about all we could realistically have asked for or expected considering the small amount of money left after the tag. we needed to at least bring in experienced competition for the job with the understanding that we only had to pay for them if they stuck then we wpuld find a way to make it work. but we didn't do that. we didn't bring in any competition and i think it all comes back to one word...pride. stubborn bullheaded pride. gettleman and rivera were so confident in their ability to spot talent that they refused to bring in anyone just to prove they were right about bell and chandler. that's not a fact....that's just my perception.

the big picture is, though, that tagging hardy really handicapped this team and kept us from doing things that would have helped. that one mistake cost this team much more than letting him walk would have.

losing gross was probably the hardest loss for this team to absorb, but that was beyond our control because he had wanted to retire for a couple years and juat wanted to stop while he was still healthy and his kids were still young. it was foolish and blind for us to not see that coming and anticipate it. but there wasn't anything we could have done to stop it.

the hardy tag was something, though, that we could have not done. that was completely in our control. it was the snowball we created at the top of the hill and rolled down the hill that grew into the giant boulder of snow we see now. asking what could have been done to stop the snowball heading downhill so it didn't get too big is an interesting thing to ask, but the best answer will always be to not have created the snowball and roll it downhill to begin with. if you are going to look at solutions to a problem, look at the underlying problem and see what you could have done differently rather than the after effects of that initial mistake.

 

I agree with you 100% about the Hardy thing. We should not have franchised him. 

[caveman75]

Please, be honest and don't be condescending in your responses.

 

What would you have done this past offseason to prevent this from happening? What would you have done differently than what Gettleman did with the knowledge we had at the time. Who would you have signed, who would you have drafted, and what personnel moves would you have done that would make this team better than it is now?

 

I see everyone clamoring for Gettleman's head on a platter right now, but no one is providing any counter arguments to what he should have done differently. I'm seeing "he should have addressed the line" but when I ask with who, no one provides me with an answer. I'm not being condescending or patronizing, I honestly want to know what our other options were. Please be specific.

 

Go back to right after we franchised Hardy: Not knowing what we know now, what do you do with the Cap situation we are in? Who do we sign, who do we let go? How do we prevent this from happening? 

 

First, not cut Smith since it's my opinion that LaFell and Ginn both left because he was cut.  Give him at least the option to make cap room first.

 

Second Try to keep at least 1 or 2 of the secondary.

 

Third still draft Benjamin to apprentice under Smith.

 

Fourth replace Shula.

[Kevin Greene]

Wouldn't have blown 89 out, Hardy would not have gotten the FT, would have focused on the Oline.

Win.

[Toker Smurf]

Allen Robinson over Ealy

Hurst or Henderson over Gaffney

No Roman Harper, his money goes to Eric Winston or Max Starks

Kept Godfrey at Safety

Kept 89

[SOJA]

lol to all the people saying they would have let Hardy walk

 

the Huddle would have been in flames if we had lost Hardy to free agency

 

Vegas has the over/under odds at 2 million threads having something to do with Peppers and him leaving 

[Mr. Scot]

Allen Robinson over Ealy

Hurst or Henderson over Gaffney

No Roman Harper, his money goes to Eric Winston or Max Starks

Kept Godfrey at Safety

Kept 89

 

Eric Winston and Max Starks?  And Godfrey?  Oh hell no on all counts.

 

And given that Hardy is gone and Johnson looks awful, Ealy was actually a good choice.

 

[CarolinaSock]

Allen Robinson over Ealy

Hurst or Henderson over Gaffney

No Roman Harper, his money goes to Eric Winston or Max Starks

Kept Godfrey at Safety

Kept 89

Hurst and Henderson have been just as bad Chandler and Bell.

[ThPantherFan]

Very good backups? They're not very good anything..sheesh, they're ps material. At best.

 

They're definetely not starters.  Servicable back up in rotations.  They play good enough for that.  Sure I would love to see starter material in our backup, but that's not going to happen.

 

[Cpt slay a ho]

2nd round draft Allen Robinson, Jarvis Landry, Monchief........one of these guys to stretch the field and replace ginn or take one of the OT available

 

Later rounds draft OT, either hurst or henderson

 

use later rounds to draft depth instead of signing backups as starters

 

resign Munnerlyn, the guy was underrated as far as his affect on this team, resign Mitchell self explanatory, guy was another player who played a huge role on this team, KEPT steve smith.......not even about to go into detail with that one.resign Hartsock went after ihedigbo instead of decoud put godfrey at backup safety instead of fuggin cb.......see how much it would cost to sign Terrel Thomas

 

treat my players with respect and handle my business like a true professional, showing you're fans you're trying to fix a glaring need goes a long way