Quote:I think it's fair to use this season as the measuring stick for Gus and his future as a head coach here.  It's not looking good at the moment for him, but in the two losses where the team had opportunities to win the game, it came down to a kicker missing twice, and a turnover by a rookie that turned into a touchdown.  In both games, the team was in a position that it hadn't been in very often last year where they had a chance to win late in the game.  In other words, what we've seen in every game aside from the Patriots game, the team has been competitive. 

 

I heard someone say this on the radio the other day.  In a rebuild, the expectation is to lose big, lose small, then win small, and eventually win big.  We're in the lose small stage of the process.  Whether Gus is the coach who can get the team over the hump and start winning is questionable, but for at least 2 of the losses, it wasn't coaching that cost us the games.

 

Losses usually always occur due to missed oppurtunities. A missed FG, a Fumble, INT...that's just football. So your point about the two losses are excuses.

 

The team had several oppurtunities to win last year. They were competitive in a few games last year, they just weren't good enough.

 

Coaching is a problem if Gus admits he didn't do enough to prepare, he continously calls bad time outs, does not scheme to attack opposing offenses, etc. Now he is trying to save face with the media because he knows he is in trouble.

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