Should Gene Smith be the Jacksonville Jaguars General Manager?

[British Shoe Company]

I say keep him, atleast until the rest of his contract. Remember, this is the guy who revamped the D. Many Gator fans will continue to hold 'Not drafting the Messiah' against Gene no matter what; He could have drafted a couple of Pro Bowl type players, and not draft Tebow, and the legions of the sheep will still have the negative vibe towards Gene. SMH.

Are you still positive?

[I-10east]

Wow, way to rub salt in the wound. To be honest, I dunno what to think of Gene right now. Does Gene not drafting Tebow equal to drafting a punter in the third round? No, one is a highly questionable decision from the standpoint of rational Jags fans. The skilled positions should be addressed with in the draft esp in the early rounds. Gene really has disappointed me with that 3rd round pick. You know that I to tell it like I see it; I'm not the type that is in denial about this situation. All I can do is sit back, and see how things are gonna play out. Hopefully Blackmon will be a top flight WR, Branch will be a force on the opposing QB, and Anger better punt his ass off.   

[KenFSU]

After trading up for Justin Blackmon in the first round, I had a really bad feeling that the universe was going to right itself with at least one boneheaded Gene Smith pick in the second and third rounds. I know Smith just loves to get cute with his picks, but seriously, a punter in the THIRD ROUND. Somebody might have a better memory than me on this, but in my 15 or so years following the draft, this is the first time I have ever seen a punter drafted in the first three rounds. This should be a huge red flag for Khan that this guy really has no clue what is doing, at least when it comes to the draft. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but man, doesn't speak too highly for the Jags confidence in Gabbert if they are using a third round pick on a PUNTER. A PUNTER!

[Tacachale]

I'm not too worried about it. We had great first and second round picks. The punter in the third round is out there, but Gene has otherwise been great - and extremely underrated - in the draft. I can even sort of follow the rationale; we need a punter, we have no fourth round, and he'd be gone by our turn in the fifth. I'm not going to get too worked up about a third round pick that will probably give us a good player.

[kells904]

Why can't Gene Smith simply do his job without the constant chatter that he "doesn't know what he's doing?"  Anyone outside of the organization is completely incapable of making an informed opinion on this matter. None of us...not a single one of us...knows all the circumstances behind any decision made by Gene, or any other GM/Coach/owner.  Our opinions are all based on superficial knowledge and piecemeal information, yet we wanna be the ones deciding who gets to keep their job and who doesn't?  How is that not considered completely absurd?

How about we let Shad Khan--the only man whose opinion counts on this matter--be the one to make that decision? 

[bill]

The punter had a draft party scheduled with family and friends......but it is scheduled today, when he should have been picked

[I-10east]

^^^Exactly, he obviously was overdrafted. I wonder who is the angriest between Bryan Angry, and the Colts Pat Angerer; I guess I have to give that edge to the LB. It's gonna be ugly over the local airwaves on Monday.

[I-10east]

I'm pretty surprised that so many Gene fans on MJ are so tolerant of Gene's third round decision. I mean even the DIEHARD Gene fans are like WTF!!! PFT have some diehard Gene backers on PFT's Jaguar board that took up for him no matter what, and now even they are second guessing him, like really? We took up for you, and now you do this? We are honestly the NFL draft pick laughingstock right now; Maybe that will change if we go 10-6 this year and make the playoffs, then Gene will of course look like a GENEius, hopefully that will be the case. 

[duvaldude08]

I'm pretty surprised that so many Gene fans on MJ are so tolerant of Gene's third round decision. I mean even the DIEHARD Gene fans are like WTF!!! PFT have some diehard Gene backers on PFT's Jaguar board that took up for him no matter what, and now even they are second guessing him, like really? We took up for you, and now you do this? We are honestly the NFL draft pick laughingstock right now; Maybe that will change if we go 10-6 this year and make the playoffs, then Gene will of course look like a GENEius, hopefully that will be the case.

I really think people are overacting on this. Yes we took a punter in a early round and probably should have waited but come on. Other than that, I think we wasted a pick on a linebacker and that was not a dying need right now but Im not having a cow over it. Was it really THAT bad or are we being nick picky because we wanted him to do something different? Even if it was another GM we would be doing the same thing. If he did what the fans agrees with he gets praised and if he doesnt well say he needs to be fired. In the end our needs were addressed period. What else will we find to complain about?

PS Im not defending nor am I praising Gene, but its sad how we got a two top needs filled with great players but now we throwing him under the bus because we didnt "approve " of his third round selection. Now all of a sudden the sky is falling.

[I-10east]

^^^Fair enough. As I said on the other thread, I'm still with all of yall in the 'IGWT' crew. It's a gradual process for me to totally accept a punter in the 3rd round, but I'm over it as long as Anger does the pick justice by punting well which I'm sure that he will do. It's like a tug of war with this poll, glad to see the 'keep hims' back in the race

[wsansewjs]

I would love for EVERYONE to take a chill pill or two, and let this thing pan out.

-Josh

[duvaldude08]

Right now Im not letting anything take away my excitement. New owner, new coaching staff, new players, new offense playbook, etc. Its kind of strange that we are in the same mindset we were when WW and JDR was here. I dont know if were just so badly abused that we now need therapy (lol), but thiis is a new era. We have to give it a chance. We have the opportuinity now to completey start over. In my book, Khan and the coaching staff have a clean slate with me. I want to see everything unfold. Im amped and ready.

[duvaldude08]

I-10,

Just to let you know, I just watched the NFL Draft video, and they gave Jacksonville a B and said that we were actually smart for getting the best punter with our #3 pick. The sky isnt falling after all! LMAO ROFL

[Anti redneck]

How many RB's were there in the third round? They can't expect MJD to do all the running, can they? Anger probably would've been there in the fifth round. They could've taken a RB to help him out a bit. Hope they do some more in free agency.

[I-10east]

^^^Hopefully Rashad Jennings can get back healthy. I haven't heard much about him since his injury.