Is Dave Gettelmen already the best GM in the south? ?

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Haha winning cures everything doesnt it? No doubt he has a great eye for talent and he's found some gems but lets not forget he was also the guy who had no problem sending out nate chandler and byron bell as our tackles and roman harper and thomas decoud and antoine cason as our secondary

The GM doesn't choose the depth chart the coaches do. They all agreed that those players should be used as starters Dave continued to bring in talent our coaches just didn't put them on the field or in some of the cases (Bene Turner Boston) were all injured at one point. I wouldn't blame Dave for that.

[rayzor]

Yes and by far even though it's a small sample size

Falcons GM traded for julio multiple draft picks. It shows. Signed sjax

Saints gm won a super bowl so maybe him but he has royally fuged that team for the foreseeable future.

Bucs lol

pretty much this. the bar isn't exactly set high, but the only real competition he has is loomis who did well until he went full hurney. you never go full hurney.

[electro's horse]

Loomis made the absolute correct decision to mortgage the future for their last few years of Drew Brees. 

 

They went out and signed the best FA on the market and locked up their best pass rusher.

 

Unfortunately their first overall pick has been hurt, Graham has been hurt, Byrd was terrible, the defense has fallen apart, and now they're in cap hell with very little ability to improve their team moving forward.

 

It looks worse than it is because it's blown up in their face so badly, but I don't really think it was the wrong move in its totality.

[rayzor]

Loomis made the absolute correct decision to mortgage the future for their last few years of Drew Brees.

They went out and signed the best FA on the market and locked up their best pass rusher.

Unfortunately their first overall pick has been hurt, Graham has been hurt, Byrd was terrible, the defense has fallen apart, and now they're in cap hell with very little ability to improve their team moving forward.

It looks worse than it is because it's blown up in their face so badly, but I don't really think it was the wrong move in its totality.

yep. if it had worked he would have been a genius...for the short term which is pretty much all he was focused on. same with hurney. the problem with that is always going to be the long term damage, but that's another day. if it works, you're a hero. if you fail then it's someone else's problem and you move on after you've been fired.

[PantherFanOne]

Dave Gettleman is head and shoulders above any GM in the NFC South. The good news is ,Dave has just began to get the Carolina Panthers back on track. I really like his approach and while he make a minor mistake or two along the way,i have complete confidence that he will build us a team built for long term success.

[Anybodyhome]

LMAO at the "winning cures everything" comments. This team was 12-4 last year and below .500 this season. WTF?

 

This is the Huddle, where October and November only exist to list thread after thread of, "Fire the coach!" "Fire the GM!" "Fire the OC!"

 

Then, come December and only 25% of the season remaining, a couple wins will make all those October and November threads old news. Just the short term memory the upper management of this organization depends on from its fan base.

 

How else do you explain giving a head coach with but a single winning season out of the 4 he's been here a pretty healthy contract extension?

 

[firefox1234]

yep. if it had worked he would have been a genius...for the short term which is pretty much all he was focused on. same with hurney. the problem with that is always going to be the long term damage, but that's another day. if it works, you're a hero. if you fail then it's someone else's problem and you move on after you've been fired.

Fans like to forget this important detail. Imagine if we beat the Pats in '03, wouldnt be surprised if some Huddler's named their kids after Hurney

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

no team in the league would have let rivera walk after a 12-4 coach of the year campaign.  that only happens in extremely rare cases like the later schottenheimer years in san diego.  it's also rare that a coach plays the final year of his contract without an extension unless you are absolutely done with him.  that's pretty much yelling into a bullhorn that you're lame ducking his ass and you get what happened with fox in 2010.  it can also indicate internal strife like what we saw with harbaugh this year.

 

yeah it's not fair and it's dumb but that's how it is.

[O-Ther]

Fans like to forget this important detail. Imagine if we beat the Pats in '03, wouldnt be surprised if some Huddler's named their kids after Hurney

 

More like Jake, Smitty, or Julius. And I'd still name the dog Indiana

[NotinbutaPnut]

This board is so bipolar. FIRE EVERYONE jk best in league gm <3 Gettleman.

[Frizzy350]

Yes and by far even though it's a small sample size

Falcons GM traded for julio multiple draft picks. It shows. Signed sjax

Saints gm won a super bowl so maybe him but he has royally fuged that team for the foreseeable future.

Bucs lol

 

I think it's fair to give the Saints GM a pass in that regard.  They have a very tight window of being competitive.  Once Brees hits that wall they will need to start from scratch.  Saints are a historically awful franchise with the exception of their years with Brees (some kudos out to Sean Payton, as Brees is the perfect fit for the type of offense he runs).

 

Once Brees is done they will suck regardless.  Might as well use those dead years to try to find a new QB and clear out dead money.

[Frizzy350]

no team in the league would have let rivera walk after a 12-4 coach of the year campaign.  that only happens in extremely rare cases like the later schottenheimer years in san diego.  it's also rare that a coach plays the final year of his contract without an extension unless you are absolutely done with him.  that's pretty much yelling into a bullhorn that you're lame ducking his ass and you get what happened with fox in 2010.  it can also indicate internal strife like what we saw with harbaugh this year.

 

yeah it's not fair and it's dumb but that's how it is.

 

Schotty got screwed.  He put together one of the most talented and complete teams in the NFL that held up for a while but couldn't get past those pesky pats in the playoffs.

[TheRumGone]

I think it's fair to give the Saints GM a pass in that regard. They have a very tight window of being competitive. Once Brees hits that wall they will need to start from scratch. Saints are a historically awful franchise with the exception of their years with Brees (some kudos out to Sean Payton, as Brees is the perfect fit for the type of offense he runs).

Once Brees is done they will suck regardless. Might as well use those dead years to try to find a new QB and clear out dead money.

I actually think he could have set the franchise up for life after Brees.

It's not like it hasn't been done before. That dead money they will have for the next several years will be out of this world. It honestly looks worse then our situation we are about to be over.

[rmoneyg35]

Gettleman is the best and it's not even close.

Bucs- Where to start? They drafted Mark Baron in the top 10, several picks ahead of Kuechly, only to let him go last year.

Falcons - Unable to get it done after betting the house on Julio. Their window has closed, culminating in Mike Smith's firing.

Saints - Had a nice run with Brees in his prime, but that time is over. Made huge mistakes in past offseasons, letting Sproles go, signing Jarius Byrd, hiring Rob Ryan as DC...not to mention BountyGate.

True but you could also say that at the time Tampa made the right choice because Barron was a highly rated prospect. However I must say the way a lot of FAs have turned into bust is a huge reason why Tampa sucks.

Atlanta has talent and has won for a long time up until last season so I would say he has done a decent job. You could also blame the coaching on their problems.

The Saints had a great defense last year with Rob Ryan but this year struggled so I wouldn't consider that a complete failure. The saints have a great team and since 2006 have been competitive for the most part.

I would say DG has done a great job in so little time. I feel last year we should of had this years record but DG hit the lotto in the draft and free agency. Injuries and the Greg Hardy situation hurt us this year but it seems we have found young talent to fill out our problems at the right time thanks to Gettleman.

Overall I believe that Gettleman has been the most successful GM in the NFC South the first two years but overall he will need to continue his success for a few more years to be considered the best.