Do you think Goddard is a smart person ,since  she did question the conclusion on quite legit grounds.
I guess some people have lower bars for what qualifies as evidence than others.
"Other climate models differ in their assessment of future El Niño events. Some suggest the ENSO cycle will become more intense, others say it will weaken, and some find there will be little change. According to Schmidt, “There is a very large variation in ENSO statistics (frequency/magnitude) over time, and so detecting a shift due to climate change is very challenging. Models as a whole are all over the shop, and so it doesn’t fill one with great confidence.”
No kidding , it doesn't fill one with great confidence