(09-10-2024, 10:21 AM)TTechJag85 Wrote:

(09-10-2024, 08:59 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Yeah, we should fire Doug. That's where you guys are going with this, right? You've already got the little snide nickname going, so now that it's week 2 you can full throat your displeasure and start calling for his job. Because of what he says in a press conference...lol.

No one gets fired over a press conference  that’s ridiculous… But it all adds up. As a Head Coach and a QB in particular your public perception plays into how the fan base evaluates you as a leader. That’s true for anyone in position of leadership.

In the end you are judged by your results. And it’s week one.. no one wants him gone now or even during the season. But I am tired of the whole idea that head coaches and players don’t answer to fans … maybe not directly but why do you think that Shad Kahn is applying pressure to win now? 

It’s because he has invested a lot of money in this franchise and he wants to see a return on his investment. 

And we as fans are the customers… you want to see an empty new stadium poor television ratings and no primtime games and lower sales? Then keep losing games like we have going back to last year and the first part of this year after one game. Turn off the fan base and don’t give any transparency as to why things are failing and dodge accountability… you will see the fans start to grumble and lose interest unless you start to win games.

Again bottom line is winning … if they win no one cares about any of this crap in the media. It’s week one so I for one am not hitting the panic button.

But our early schedule is tough. And this division isn’t a cakewalk. The fact that we looked like that this past Sunday is alarming. No reason to panic yet… but it is alarming considering how we finished last year.

They looked GREAT on Sunday. GREAT. They legitimately looked and it felt like they were in control of that game for a good 42:00 - 44:00  minutes of that football game. They looked in command, they had a few hiccups here and there, but, overall, they looked more fluid as an offense. The confidence was off the charts on defense, they were sealing up the running game, they were bending at the right time but not breaking too much at the wrong time. They were doing a lot of things right. 

Where they lost the game, and the alarms started going off, was when Etienne fumbled the football, proceeded by a massive TD pass to Hill to draw the lead down from 17 - 7 to 17 - 14, and then, when Doug panicked, had the offense out there on 4th down, waited for the break to come in, and then proceeded to go for it anyway. 

That's where the panic came in. It's not us panicking as a fanbase. It's the [BLEEP] coaching staff and roster panicking is what it feels like. We all see that. We all sense that. It happened clear as day on Sunday. I kept saying to myself after that sequence of events, "Call a timeout, pull the team over, pull the leaders over, settle them down, the crowd is back into it now, you need to rein them in, get back on track, get a gameplan going that will get you out of this hole and get the crowd back out of it".

They didn't do that. Once that fumble happened, they collectively got themselves tied up on the ropes and proceeded to let this team beat them with little jabs here and there while they were still tied up on the ropes. They just couldn't mentally get themselves out of this funk. They couldn't figure it out. And this has been the theme now since their collapse last year and nobody wants to see that funk carrying over into this year.

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