(12-15-2021, 05:59 AM)Jag88 Wrote: A lot of complaining and whining. This team has been losing for a while. There is no quick fix.

You're right. The expectation was that last year was going to be a clean slate, and we would begin to see those old ways changing. We brought in a flashy new QB, an offensive-minded coach with a legacy of success at the lower level of the game, and a crapton of cap room to begin the build.

Nobody was expecting a miraculous run at the playoffs this year. We expected rough waters early on while the rookie QB acclimated to the NFL, but a slow progress to show that experience, practice and training were helping him to grow into the leader of our offense. We expected to see free agents brought in to build around the QB. We were expecting the historically great coach to appear prepared, to act professionally, and to put his players in best position to succeed. That hasn't happened, you and I both know that. Even Khan said, in the past hiring changes were based solely on wins and losses, but this year is different.

Firing him is not a quick fix either. It submarines the team again, and we'll likely be stuck trying to get something out of miscast draft picks or overpaid FA that may not fit in the next coach's plans. We've been there before. But at this stage, prolonging the inevitable is only going to do more long-term harm to the franchise.

Maybe we should just stop having expectations, or expect failure.

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