Quote:He just seems like a really smart logical thinking guy. His only major blip so far is hiring a rookie HC to oversee a complete roster rebuild whilst he was a rookie GM.


Highlights of his reign have been getting picks for Gabbert/Scobee and for picking Myles Jack and Ramsey this year.

 


The only thing I can say for Gus, is he's done a hell of a job keeping this locker room together through the midst of this. There are a lot of coaches (probably a majority) who would have lost control of the locker room and had players quitting and whatnot. If there's one thing Gus is good at, it's keeping his players motivated even when all is lost. It's never looked once to me that the players weren't trying out there. Sure there have been some BAD players and plays, but that's due more to them just being bad players than not trying.

 

Now none of this proves or disproves that Gus is/can be a winning HC or not. It just proves that he can hold together a group of men when things seem lost. If you listen to Caldwell, he's said himself that he didn't really expect us to win any more than we have during this rebuild. The question is, was Gus just trying to keep the team and attitude together for the past 3 years, or has he been out there trying to dominate opponents and just flat getting beat? There are a lot of people/players who still think Gus is a good coach, are they right? This is the year we know.

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