My problem is this, of the Tannebaum-Grier-Gase trifecta, Grier was the talent evaluator. Tannenbaum appeared to let him handle the draft outside of making terrible draft day trades, which I account to Tannenbaum. And of those drafts, only ONE pro bowl player has been drafted, and the rest are either very, very average or just terrible. That is not a good indicator of that talent evaluators ability.
And for Grier to trade away the actual good players he got out of those drafts, whether he was the one picking or not, is just not a sound strategy with a successful historical precedent IMO. Good teams are built through the draft and RETAIN those players. Bad teams jettison their talent from the draft before ever resigning them.
Given the history, I just can't trust Grier to rebuild this thing after intentionally setting up the team for failure by ridding it of even the small amount of talent he acquired in the past 4 drafts.
All of it is speculation on your part though. You don’t know if Grier made those selctions or even vouched for those players. You are taking a guess, utilizing beat writers and speculation, to fuel your own feelings. You really don’t know how any of it went down.
I am taking an educated Guess that watching Gase and Tannenbaum away from Miami, and how they operate, Chris Grier had little input in the final decision. One was the VP and the other was in charge of the roster . . . It was inepitude by Ross with that setup, no question, and he has seemed to learn from it.
We always talk about foresight. Extending guys early, knowing when you have value.
1. Grier extended X early
2. They were working on a Tunsil extension and Houston came to them with an offer they couldn't refuse. Stop saying they gave guys away. This was a no brainer trade, a huge value win, and continue to pout about it just makes no sense. Houston is desperate, they think they can win now because they have the QB, WR, pass rusher and what has derailed them has been the QB getting hurt so they went all in.
3. The history is now. We know he is running the show, and it has been many more times impressive than Gase/Tannenbaum/Ireland thus far. Certainly he has to prove it in April but I like what I have seen.
Its like watching Jason Sanders kick, first few times I covered my eyes because our kicking game hasnt been that consistent . . . Now I have full confidence in the kid. I watched Grier sit at the table this offseason and play elite chess and understanding value, so if he jettisons Minkah, I feel comfortable knowing we didn’t get took . . . A confidence I never had with these other dunces.