for the jillionth time, judging marv by conventional gm standard is just plain ignint
temp gm - everybody on the planet knew he was a temp gm cuz that were the terms he gave to take the job. that automatically makes it essentially a consultant role. and as a consultant you architect a framework and let people WHOSE JOBS IT IS to make the decisions under that framework. in case you missed it, that means YOU DONT MAKE THE DECISIONS YOURSELF
draft picks - so he comes in from the announcer booth and is supposed to be making draft picks?!? very obviously, he left that up to THE PEOPLE WHOSE JOBS IT WAS to make those picks. he probably had close to zero involvement in that entire process
free agents - same exact argument. the only criticism of free agent choices while he was here could be that they overpaid. but theres no guarantee that marv made that decision either. it could have been that whoever recommended those guys also came up with the offer figures (it was john guys job then and he just got fired)
choosing jauron - ok, this one was levy and he whiffed. it was the LONE exception of marv making a decision for the club and it obviously didnt work out
everybody forgets the organization was in major dysfunctional crisis when marv came on as a fake gm/consultant. and in his short time here he was able to pull the franchise out of the ***t and prevent it from sinking. that alone was a major accomplishment. for the two years he was here and for at least a season after that, the organization made a dramatic turn back to general functionality, another major accomplishment
the coaching hire was an F. everything else he did was an A. so overall he gets a C+. which of course is completely different from the 'marv screwed this organization' bullcrap that is so mindnumbingly popular with the fan experts
yes, ignint