Quote:pirkster...appreciate the elaboration. 

 

Lot's of good points in there and I agree. 

 

I was only saying that you better have what it takes to be an NFL HC.  The learning curve should be short for an NFLHC or you should be shown the door when it becomes apparent you can perform at the required level.  And you are correct that they showed unparalleled patience with GB.  I personally believed Gus showed enough to conclude he wasn't the man for the job at the end of his first season.  They waited almost 4 seasons...

 

I think that what he showed in his first season is that he and his staff were certainly not top shelf coaches that could make a team void of talent play like it has talent. He didn't show that he was the worst head coach the NFL has ever known, though. By the end of his third season it was clear he wasn't even a mediocre coach when he failed to manage a young and talented team into the playoffs against one of the easiest schedules the team has ever faced with all of the breaks going our way. He should have been let go after last season, that was when it became clear and definitive he wasn't a positive difference maker as a coach, and that's what matters. Can't get Mr Right in when Mr Wrong is still blocking the doorway.

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