Rebuttal? The argument is Ricky didn't draft a QB in that time frame because they were all crap. On par with your Case Kennums & TJ Yates.
What difference does getting better since then have to do with Rick Smith's tenure?
Yes, they're arguing that Yates & Keenum were on par with most of the crap drafted in the 1st & 2nd rounds when Rick was here.
GM's pick the players. Coaches coach. Or at least that's the way it should be. It would be nice if they were on the same page. If Kubiak didn't get his panties bunched (my opinion) & coached that season to win, it wouldn't have ended 2-14. He'd still be here & would have probably got the QB he wanted in 2014... Bridgewater, Garoppolo, McCarron. Which were all no better than Keenum.