Quote:I disagree.  Consider how the team was gutted to a level never seen before.  You needed an upbeat guy to keep the young talent upbeat and feeling good about themselves.  GB was the right guy for the 1st three years for that reason.  I firmly believe 5 years from now we will all have a positive view of the Bradly era once this current crop of talent reaches it's full potential.

 

For comparison, how do you feel about Del Rio now compared to when he left?

 

I've seen that same justification many times and it's completely misguided. What was needed was a tough coach that got guys ready to play and properly prepared them and taught them the basics of understanding gameplanning the way real coaches do it.

 

Instead we have a bunch of guys now that are mostly, from what I can tell, at best older stronger versions of what they were coming out of college, and in some cases guys that might have been coached wrong to their detriment.

 

Gus was never the correct answer to anything, with the possible exception of amassing high draft picks.

 

No need for the pollyanna garbage about a team needing someone upbeat, what every team needs is a coach that teaches them how to win.

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