why would hickey be gone of we dont make the playoffs?
this team STILL needs another year of GOOD talent to be a real bonafide playoff contender. and i dont want to hear about last year as EVERY team was heading towards the playoffs until this happened or that happened, early in the year, middle of the year, whatever.
we missed the playoff last year because we didnt win enough games and the reason for that MOSTLY was lack of talent.
some really good players have been added this year. we had a 3-1 pre season because FINALLY we have some young depth that can actually play. how many years have we seen over and over that after the starters were out, things went down hill VERY FAST!! teams like the bucs backups ate our backups alive!!
not now. hickey has done an excellent job of getting us promising young talent in the draft and ufa. plus, he is known as a easy guy to work with. he is adaptable, a people person AND a gm who strives to innovative and on the cutting edge whenever he feels he can be. he is stuck in nothing. if it works or looks like the next thing, he gets in on it and tests it out. what more can you ask of a gm?
so, why all this talk of getting rid of hickey if the playoffs are missed [i am one who feels we just dont have the horses yet to win the division AND make the playoffs]. hickey has NO part in everything that has led up to the demise of this team over the last 20 years and i doubt he is on any hot seat with his first year unless his picks all went bad and the ufa's were busts. but, we now know that to be the opposite.
IF philbin is booted, [we would have to have an AWFUL year for that to even happen] and harbaugh [wont come here] was brought in, why in the world would he complain about a guy like hickey as the GM? and besides, the gm picks the coach [or has a huge say] not the other way around.
hickey has shown NOTHING so far as being anything but a budding star in the gm ranks. long way to go for sure, but, EVERYONE but me and i think ONE other guy on this board were stoked when he was hired. i know most wont, but the rest of you guys who were dead set against hickey and believed all the he was a last ditch effort, last in line, only guy who would take the job bull crap have to admit he has been way over your expectations.
and i know there are those holding their breath and praying to the great head of cabbage that he and philbin are gone after the season but it isnt going to happen. gm's like hickey who are not ego mongers and its all about me types dont come around often. coaches want to work with a gm who is adaptable and sees the big picture AND, MOST OF ALL, brings in real talent.
so dont hold your breath's to long, things go dark real quick.