I was meh at first as well. My whole philosophy(or at least how i justified to myself) on us keeping gus as long as we did was to not only give him a solid chance, but to make this job more attractive to higher caliber coaches who may be deterred by a team who constantly hires and fires coached(Cleveland). So when i heard we just promoted Doug my immediate reaction was; why the hell didn't you pull the trigger sooner if the next coach was in house the whole time. Not to mention the way we finally did let bradley go was a little bit crude to say the least.

But after watching Marrone the last two games and seeing his war room discussion with draft picks, i couldn't be happier with hire. He my not be the sexy pick or be good in front of cameras, but i have a feeling that him coupled with TC could be a hell of a combo that this team needs.

Some people were hard on dave after reviewing some of his early drafts, but honestly, this guy is pretty on point with bringing on talent. It may be a little awkward to put someone like TC in the position he is over his head but if he can work around it and keep giving Doug decent picks to develop, he may be in a sweet spot to become one of the next top GMs.

---