I respect Pete Prisco as a professional sports commentator and his opinion, but I disagree with him about this. I think that if it's obvious that gus isn't going to turn this team around, and the team is looking at the possibility of doing no better than 2-14 this season, then there is up side to firing him sooner rather than later.

 

The benefit to getting rid of gus sooner is that it gives the franchise the opportunity to have 'live' auditions with one of two possible HC candidates who are already on the roster. Is there a more telling way to audition a coach than to see what they will do in a live situation? If the season is already lost (and at this point it's looking like a foregone conclusion) then we've nothing to lose by taking this action. On the other hand, if we know bradley isn't the future and we don't fire him soon, we squander the opportunity to observe what we already have on the roster here with this team as a possible new HC.

 

Obviously, even if we do fire gus sooner rather than later, and the team 'auditions' either marone or olsen as an interim HC, it doesn't mean they've got a lock on the job. What it does mean though is that we'll be able to get a better picture of what these guys might be able to 'bring to the table' than we otherwise would. 

 

I would add that there is also another, more sublime, benefit to moving on from bradley sooner rather than later at this point. It sends a message to the players and the fan base that failure will not be tolerated forever with this team. The practice of allowing years of losing football to pass before taking action has only succeeded in cementing a losing mindset about this team into the players, the fan base, and the media. Think about it... other teams fire their HC's if they lose to the Jaguars. Opportunistic players come to this team for a 'vacation'. The real losers in this whole situation are the fans. They've been faithful and deserve better than to have the laughing stock of the NFL here.

 

This whole scheme is predicated on the notion that the season is pretty well out of control and spiraling the drain. Given our recent losses that doesn't seem like that much of a reach at this point.

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