Quote:Don't get me wrong - if he turns us into a powerhouse, I'll be happy and wouldn't wish we had hired anyone else. However, I'd still say that if you go back, it was a bad hire at the time. There are many with better resumes that are more deserving in getting the job.

Candidates who weren't deemed to be a good fit for this staff?  Those guys? 

 

Gus went to great lengths to be very deliberate about the search for a new OC.  I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that it matters just as much how this guy fits in with the rest of the staff as his past track record does.  I'd also contend that based on what others have said about Olson from around the league, he's the kind of candidate you want filling your OC position if you're looking beyond just the last couple of years and the trash he was working with in Oakland. 

 

You're not happy with the hire, and you take offense to those of us who say every situation is unique, and you'd be better served to withhold your judgment until you actually see what he can do with this offense.  You're unwilling to do so, deeming a knee jerk reaction to be the best approach.  If he does indeed turn things around here, and get this offense out of the league cellar into more respectability, it makes all the angst you're dealing with now pointless.  It makes more sense to be pragmatic, and actually allow this process to play itself out.  As has been pointed out several times in this thread and others, the league is chalked full of coaches who struggled in one assignment only to thrive in another, and the only difference is the talent they were given to work with.  In the end, it matters more who is executing the offense than it does who is calling the plays.  All the innovative play calling on the planet is irrelevant if you can't execute the basics, which is precisely what this offense was dealing with the past couple of years. 

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