Why don’t we go through the major arguments shall we?

COACHING: Eberlose was hired 2 days after Poles became GM. That speaks to a flawed hiring process that didn’t let Poles pick his guy. My guess is George came in and said you can hire any one of these 3 guys. Poles should be able to pick his guy to run the team whether it’s Ben Johnson or Ejiro Evero or Ken Dorsey or whoever.

FREE AGENCY/CONTRACTS: Obviously this is a salient topic because JJ asked for a trade, but honestly, I don’t think it’s the wrong decision if JJ was asking for way too much. Roquan was never coming back. You can’t trash the GM and expect to stay. The Kmet extension was smart and made a ton of sense. Tremaine and TJ have performed decently for what we paid them and Andrew Billings has been sneaky good.

TRADES: Much too early to judge the most recent deal, but he’s hit both ends of the spectrum. The trade from the #1 pick was a hit, obviously the Claypool trade was a massive L. But in the moment, the Claypool trade made a bunch of sense, and I’m guessing a lot of people on this sub would’ve killed Poles for not getting any help for JF1.

DRAFT CLASSES: In Poles first class, he took among others Kyler Gordon(who’s developing nicely), Jaquan Brisker(who’s pretty good), Braxton Jones(who could be a Charles Leno analogue), and Elijah Hicks(who’s been a good depth piece akin to DHC)

This past class could be even better. Darnell Wright has looked really good, Gervon Dexter has been highly rated, Roschon Johnson runs like he’s angry at the grass, and Stevenson, Pickens, Scott, and Terrell Smith have shown flashes.

In conclusion, Poles shouldn’t be fired; he should be given more time. Two years isn’t enough to fix this dumpster fire. But he’s helped build a new foundation.