Quote:For those still on the pro-Gus bandwagon...  Does the fact that we started the season 1-5 and then ended the season 1-5 give you any pause? 

 

Reasonable question and on the surface, just looking at the record as a whole or in chunks in year three I think it would give anyone pause.  I'm not sure who is pro-Gus though.  I think most that you are labeling that way are really pro-wait and see.  Understanding that we haven't invested nearly as much on the defensive side of the ball and that our supposed star pass rusher, a position we really had no depth at, saw only the first few minutes of his first practice before going on IR.  And to add on top of that, our emerging QB is still a very high variance type of guy meaning he plays great a lot of the time and makes some really bad decisions at the worst times which has led to several of our losses.  

 

Expectations should be that those plays will happen less as he continues to get better, that our defensive unit will receive an infusion of talent in the offseason, that even a coach can and should get better with coaching and clock management and finally that continuity is good for a young team.  When you hire a coordinator with no head coaching experience to be your coach and put him in charge of developing one of the worst rosters assembled in recent memory, you have to give him and the GM time.  I have no problem with people suggesting he be let go, there's plenty of evidence to support that argument.  However, how confident are you that he won't continue to develop his head coaching skill set in year 4 and beyond?  How many close games have we had where clock management could play a part in winning or losing prior to this season?  Despite this being year three, I think Gus has gotten more meaningful coaching experience this year than he did in years one and two because the games have been closer.  I think letting this GM/coach combo work into their final year of their contracts and see how the first half of next season unfolds before beginning to form a meaningful evaluation of what's working and what isn't is a reasonable way to approach things.  

 

And for all the praise that Caldwell has been getting around here...  the 2013 draft top to bottom looks to be a disaster so far and 2015 is too soon to tell.  If his future here is being questioned by Khan as well, why not let the coach/GM continue to be tied together so you can do a clean sweep next year if need be.

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