Quote:"Firing coaches mid-season never does anything."

 

Sometimes you need to prevent a terrible environment from festering and developing. This team and that locker room is in absolute shambles and there may not be coming any back from it by the time Gus is finally let go. Marks is the first player to openly criticize the coaching staff (unless you count Poz' comments at the end of last season about how invaluable having Gus' input on the defense would be), and we've already seen about ~5 players openly criticize the fans (and I've heard, unsubstantiated, rumors that Telvin was back at it today waving at fans who were leaving early). At what point does "accountability" have to start meaning something? How do you hold any of these players accountable moving forward after so many years under Gus, where accountability didn't exist?

 

I keep wondering where Shad will draw the line. But, we keep being fed [BAD WORD REMOVED] lines about why getting rid of Gus won't do anything, and so he stays. And so the team falls apart, both on the field and off the field.

 

This won't be the last time we hear a player speak out. The only question now is; who's next?

Keeping Gus is good for the team.  It teaches the players bad habits, keeps them from developing, demoralizes the players that actually want to be here, makes potential free agents think twice about wanting to come here, and creates a culture of losing.  

 

Marks comments just goes to show that he's one of the guys that still actually "care" and want to contribute; he sees the garbage on the field but there is nothing he can do except speak his mind.  

 

Firing Gus would show accountability for failure and possibly give a chance to Marrone to show what he could do.  

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