Quote:To build a perennial contender?  Says who?

 

History,

 

Find a team that failed to achieve .500 the first 3 years of a rebuild and stuck around for a 4th. I can't think of any, maybe there's one out there?

 

Pete Carrols Seahawks where 11-5 in the third year.

 

The 49ers fired Singletary after two years of not hitting .500 mark. 

 

The Rams fired Scott Linehan in his third year while working on a 2-14 record. Then they gave Steve Spagnuolo three years before he was fired in 2011. Jeff Fisher coming into his third season was on the hot seat, sitting at 6-7 he's probably bough another year but if he wasn't hitting .500 you think he would be safe?

 

Ken Whisenhunt won his division with the Cardinals in his third year, he was fired two years later when they failed to break .500

 

Oakland hasn't kept a head coach past 3 years since John Gruden going back to 1996 each coach getting canned when not at least hitting .500 by their 2nd or 3rd year.

 

I can keep going, I don't know of a "regime" that fails to hit .500 first 3 years and sticks around for a 4th. It's a pretty safe bet next year we're either .500 or it's time to start over.

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