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In the NFL's Best GMs of 2016 list. Licht ranks 22. Here are his thoughts:
Daugherty wrote:
Jason Licht was hired 20 days after Lovie Smith in 2014. By all appearances, he was Smith’s hand-picked general manager. It didn’t take long for Licht to get the upper hand. Smith is now coaching at the University of Illinois after Licht fired him and promoted his top assistant, OC Dirk Koetter. Such treachery would have never occurred without ownership’s blessing, but it could have just as easily been Licht who was sent packing instead of Smith. Lovie at least has a track record. Licht has two draft picks. Licht has taken sure-things Mike Evans and Jameis Winston in the first round, but otherwise struggled to stock the roster with talent. His drafts have been shaky and his free agency track record spotty. In 2014, Licht spent big to sign Josh McCown, Michael Johnson, Alterraun Verner and Anthony Collins. Only Verner remains on the roster, with “remaining” being about all he’s doing. To his credit, Licht has since seemed to learn that one rarely “wins” free agency, but the bottom line is, the Bucs’ roster is scarcely better than the one Licht inherited in 2014. If Winston and Koetter don’t hit it big in 2016, Licht could be looking for a new job.
http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/61907/57/nfls-best-gms-2016?pg=3
Posted : Apr. 15, 2016 9:41 pm
