Quote:Three years was enough of Gene Smith.  It wasn't getting any better.  So, why does it seem so unreasonable considering the way they blew this roster up and how they've rebuilt it to give them the time they say they need in order to turn things around.  Caldwell, Bradley, and Khan have all been on the same page in saying that year 3 is the year where the team needs to make that turn.  We've played exactly one game of year 3. 

 

Del Rio managed to get a contract extension coming off a playoff win.  That extension never should have happened.  Neither should the deal that was signed by Garrard.  Nobody is left from the group that made those decisions including the owner, so it's okay to move on.  I was very much in the fire Del Rio camp from the point where it became clear he wasn't going to be able to sustain any level of success here.  That was more than a year before he was fired.

I don't think it's time to cut bait and tear the whole thing down. I think a decent half measure would be having Marrone take over next year to guarantee a sense of continuity. You get the best of all worlds, a new leader, but without having to change scheme at all. Continuity is exactly why the Marrone thing makes sense. You aren't going to lure a quality coach here by saying "you have to keep the same coordinators in place." That's how you end up with Mike Mularkey.

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