Quote:Keeping Gus because..... He leads this team to victory? We would be worse without him? Blakes growth would be stunted?

 

All are wrong.

 

Blake seemed to do just fine when we switched OCs this off season. People were worried he would be stunted when Fisch was fired. Gus has zero signature wins, he only has 1 more win than Mularkey this season. Yesterday might not have been on him but a ton of other losses are.

 

If he doesn't go on some kind of miracle run here, he should be gone.

 

Comparing him to Mularkey right now is a bit unfair since the season is only half over. All I'm saying is that our team has taken a BIG leap forward from last year in many areas. Our offense doesn't even look like the same team. Yes our o-line is still weak is some areas, and our defense still needs work. But our pass rushing (or lack thereof) was supposed to be taken care of this season but that ended in injury. The secondary is being hung out to dry because QB's have all the time in the world to make the throws they need to. A coach can only work within the talent he has. There isn't much talent on our D-Line outside of 1-2 players.

 

The success isn't being shown in the W's. And I get that. I desperately want our team to win and actually make a run for the playoffs. I think we are SO close to getting to that point and it's because of the patience and the building that this coaching regime has done. Again, Gus has made plenty dumb calls. He is the only one at fault for that. But many of these losses have come as a result of players and their mistakes in big moments.

 

I think our ball club is so desperate for wins that we are able to toss whomever to the curb with the "hope" that the new person can turn this ship around. And maybe Gus isn't that guy for us. But the progress of this team is undeniable. I think if they can build our defense (D-Line and Secondary) and fill in 1-2 weak spots on our O-Line we would be a seriously good team. Hopefully those areas are sorted out in the off-season.

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