Current Grade: Incomplete

[The Natural]

The real question is what do your "sources" think about the job he has done so far? 

[top dawg]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

From the OP...

You didn't actually read the original post before coming in to bash it, did you?

Solid strategy.

Ha!  I read that and more.  It's the "more" part that knows "that" is bullshit. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, top dawg said:

Ha!  I read that and more.  It's the "more" part that knows "that" is bullshit. 

Yeah...sure.

[top dawg]

4 minutes ago, Yaboychris28 said:

Hurney has done well with a few obvious decisions thus far, which to his credit could have been easily messed up based on this franchises history of ineptitude at times..  I'm not a Hurney hater or a praiser. I'll wait until free agency &  the draft is over to give my 2 cents on the Hurndog. 

Couldn't agree with you more.  It's really all that needs to be said,  and really didn't have to be said because that's what most people of sound mind are doing.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Couldn't agree with you more.  It's really all that needs to be said,  and really didn't have to be said because that's what most people of sound mind are doing.

It's hilarious that you say that, because that's exactly what the OP says.

Sorry, dude. You're really bad at this.

[top dawg]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

It's hilarious that you say that, because that's exactly what the OP says.

Sorry, dude. You're really bad at this.

A progress report with a real grade would have been better,  though still absolutely unnecessary. Don't you get that people are saying that it's premature to give him any grade now? 

And,  no,  the OP basically gives you a mechanism to not grade Hurney by talking all of this BS about not being able to really grade him years from now. So he's going to have an "incomplete" for a while. Furthermore,  wins and losses are the bottom line with you anyway.  At least that's your go-to argument when people point out Hurney positives especially as compared to the Gettlegod. 

Like I said, don't get "brand new" now.  

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, top dawg said:

A progress report with a real grade would have been better,  though still absolutely unnecessary. Don't you get that people are saying that it's premature to give him any grade now? 

And,  no,  the OP basically gives you a mechanism to not grade Hurney by talking all of this BS about not being able to really grade him years from now. So he's going to have an "incomplete" for a while. Furthermore,  wins and losses are the bottom line with you anyway.  At least that's your go-to argument when people point out Hurney positives especially as compared to the Gettlegod. 

Like I said, don't get "brand new" now.  

You do understand what a grade of "incomplete" means, right?

[top dawg]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

You do understand what a grade of "incomplete" means, right?

It's BS,  Scot.  That's the "grade" that you give someone who should have done some work,  but didn't meet all the requirements. As a matter of course,  you generally have to repeat a course if you get an Incomplete in college. 

[top dawg]

It's the grade that's not a grade; hence a real waste of time and resources (like this thread). 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, top dawg said:

It's BS,  Scot.  That's the "grade" that you give someone who should have done some work,  but didn't meet all the requirements. As a matter of course,  you generally have to repeat a course if you get an Incomplete in college. 

 

Just now, top dawg said:

It's the grade that's not a grade, hence a real waste if time and resources. 

This isn't a college course.  The "grades" here are all metaphorical. Hence, "too soon to tell" equals "incomplete".

It's not that complex.

[top dawg]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

This isn't a college course.  The "grades" here are all metaphorical. Hence, "too soon to tell" equals "incomplete".

It's not that complex.

Well,  duh... 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, top dawg said:

Well,  duh... 

Ironic.

[top dawg]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Ironic.

Is it though?

You start a thread telling people the obvious, and then state the obvious. 

I guess you think that we've all magically  forgotten all the other remarks about how useless giving the unqualified Hurney, friend of Jerry Richardson,  a second chance---how ten years is enough of a body of work to judge.  So why even broach the subject?  Because you want to tell people how wrong they are for saying that Hurney 2.0 has made good moves so far.  

[Mr. Scot]

13 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Is it though?

You start a thread telling people the obvious, and then state the obvious. 

I guess you think that we've all magically  forgotten all the other remarks about how useless giving the unqualified Hurney, friend of Jerry Richardson,  a second chance---how ten years is enough of a body of work to judge.  So why even broach the subject?  Because you want to tell people how wrong they are for saying that Hurney 2.0 has made good moves so far.  

This is really not that complicated.

Perhaps it'll help you to think of a two act performance.

During Act One, Hurney was a terrible GM. Guys who get GM jobs but lose them pretty frequently get other personnel jobs. No one else even wanted to hire Marty as a scout or a consultant. The reason: He isn't qualified, but Jerry Richardson is known to give people jobs they aren't qualified for as a reward for loyalty. Hurney is generally considered Richardson's most loyal employee, so no surprise.

All of those things still hold true regarding Hurney's first go as a GM. History isn't going to change anytime soon. It's also true that he wasn't any more qualified to be hired this time, but again, Richardson, so here we are.

Thus beginneth Act Two...

The curtain has only just gone up on Act Two.  So far, the dialogue and action have not provided sufficient detail to tell how good this performance will be. Those of us who saw a terrible Act One aren't expecting much from Act Two, but we can certainly hope for improvement.

The end of Act Two is about a year or so away, so there's plenty of time for things to go great or things to go sour.

But nothing definitive has happened yet, so we're waiting.

As I said, not that complicated.