Let's get the gleam!
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We're not as dumb, nor as hateful as the national ESPN crowd would like some to believe.

Not as hateful...

Not even close.

Clark announced it in mid-December.

They announced Carl would step down at the end of the year with a few games to go.

If you believe that I have two words for you...Matt Cassel.

Pioli is mentally ill. He may very likely go down with the ship, probably not until the end of the year, but had he made a change in QB - simply cut Cassel, signed Orton, and drafted a QB last year, I don't think he'd be in any trouble at all. It simply makes no sense. Numerous people who respects had to tell him that Cassel didn't have it, even if he is too stupid to figure it out himself.

This is pretty much how I see it. I don't think what happens in Tampa is going to matter much, however. If Clark has made his decision, this is probably the best time to do it. If he hasn't, then look for a late season announcement.
There's a lot of heat on Clark to get Pioli out of there and if he's made the decision to send SP down the road, it'd buy him a lot of goodwill among the fans. The scouts are all under contract and it would be in their best interests to do their job, regardless of who the GM is or isn't. They're not the ones drafting, the GM types are the ones that pull that trigger.

Cut Cassel and it would result in an 8.00 million hit against the cap. You're better off benching Cassel and honestly, there were no QB's in the draft besides Luck and Griffin that were really noteworthy. Sure, Tannehill, the converted wide receiver to qb golden boy or kirk cousins..i'll pass. This team needs a real franchise qb with all the intangibles. Pioli was just on a power trip and thought he could turn Cassel into another brady, the problem is you need Mcdaniels or charlie weis or bill o'brien to do that.

I almost asked Marty to sign my book with that . :)

What other GM is out there? Seriously, someone tell me. I know Pioli has done wrong but I wouldn't change him just yet.

What is Marty's book? I want it.

Why does the new candidate have to be a GM? There are dozens of very experienced personnel guys all over the league dying for a shot to run a team. This is the same logic that says you can only hire a coach with head coaching experience, as opposed to an assistant coach.

Martyball, no seriously, that's the name of it.

There's nothing wrong with getting Cassel. The arrogance is more in the decision not to surround the team with options. If Pioli swung and missed a few times, I'd be okay with that. He didn't. And so, we don't had a guy like Andy Dalton. We were told that Cassel would have QB competition, and yet Pioli didn't even take a sniff at Brock Osweiler, Russell Wilson, or Nick Foles.

Power trips don't last 4 years. You can justify going one year without trying to find options. 4 years is just embarrassing.