Quote:This is an encapsulation of the Bradley error.  Have we seen in any of the three previous years anything come out of the extra week of preparation surrounding the "bye" week?  I think he treats it like vacation instead of preparation.  I know the restrictions in the CBA take away some of the practice time and it does hurt but I am not seeing progress.

 

This isn't about being blown out either.  As sad as this is to type, I could have taken yesterday's blow out if it wasn't so obvious that the stupid defensive scheme is unworkable and that it is a scheme the Head guy bought with him.  I can't take the broadcasters running down the Seahawk scheme comparisons week after week.

 

We don't affect the opposing QB.

 

We don't stop the run.

 

We can't cover the middle of the field.

 

We can't read and react.

 

It is almost like we don't do trend analysis or film work.  Rivers didn't even have to try very hard.

 

And that's felt like the trend since day one of his era. I feel like he's kept trying to fit square pegs into round holes and it's just not going to work. He's stubborn. He won't change his philosophy or scheme to better suit this team and his own interests. That's exactly why he's 12 - 38 as a football coach. You adapt or die in this profession. It's that simple. He's fixing to see his head coaching career die. And I can't be sympathetic anymore. He's now been given fifty professional games as a head coach to show that he knows what he's doing. That he's capable of adapting his personnel and coaching style and staff into consistently winning. And all he's shown is an unflinching consistency to find ways to continuously lose year in and year out. Caldwell I think should be put on notice here too. Sure he's brought in some great personnel here and there but he's the one that committed to Bradley and he's the one that's whispering in that front office to Mr. Khan about Bradley's potential and why he deserved that contract extension. And how basically his first two years were a mulligan. Somehow those first thirty two games are scratch offs.

 

I respect the patience. I really do. I can admire and respect the fact that Caldwell and Khan probably sat down and said "Look, franchises like Cleveland, Oakland, Washington and Detroit have spent the past decade or so shuffling head coaches and general managers in and out of their front offices every two years. Let's try something different here and give this man four years". Well, it's year four, it's two games in. And I have absolutely no clue as to what to expect this Sunday here at home against Baltimore. Do we get the team we saw in the opener? With a win this time I hope? Or do we get the team that just laid an egg and completely broke down at every aspect of the game? That's what I am worried about. I could be dead wrong. I really could. Who knows? Maybe we beat Baltimore this weekend. We go across the pond and beat the clots in London and magically we're back to .500 with a 2 - 2 record going into the bye week with a reason to have some optimism.

 

But I sadly don't have faith in him anymore. And I hate to say this too. But as I cited earlier. If this team goes 0 - 4 and Bradley still has his job come week six. These fans are going to start questioning whether or not Mr. Khan truly cares about a winning product and a winning team. Or if he's just all about the money and prestige of having a franchise in his name. You can take your cute little swimming pools, and your little shaded cabanas and your giant video boards with you on the way out if that's the case. The fans didn't ask for that. The fans didn't want that. All this city needs is a winner. Bring us back the mid to late 90s again. That's all we're looking for.

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