I added emphasis here--
I enjoyed the 2nd half. Nice to occasionally not end up depressed as hell on Sunday. But it's largely salve. Hey, a massage still feels pretty amazing, even if you have a terminal illness. Short some kind of miracle season the rest of the way, we know we don't have a top-tier QB, our coaching staff is just okay, our front office execs are NFL retreads who lack vision, and our owner imposes his uneducated will on most key decisions.
Without true top-tier talent in those spots who are left alone to sail the ship you get what we have gotten.
I don't want to derail this particular thread, but I don't think Scott Turner is okay; the rest of the coaching staff, yes, but Ron for his loyalty to Scott, and then Scott on his own - they are not okay coaches. They are something below average. Scott simply does not know how to call a football game; he does not understand situational football at all especially as it pertains to the run.
At the end of the day, the only way this team gets to a super bowl is with a different owner and with a lot of luck. I don't think it happens EVER with Snyder, because he will always break his toy when it's fun. He just will, it's ingrained in his personality. I do think the team can get to the playoffs and win a game here and there in the postseason; pretty much what they have done in the past, although rarely. It's just that, in those cases, Snyder will again break his toy.
Right now, though - I think what is sad is that I just don't have any faith in the front office, and they are stained somewhat by their association with Rivera (which he no doubt sees as a strength). Respectful disagreement is KEY to intellectual growth and great decision making. Hiring yes-men, people who don't argue with you, that is convenient and easy, but it doesn't generally lead to superior results. It seems to me that Rivera prefers the latter to the former. I think that is why he prefers to have his buddies. I don't see a future with Rivera, which means so much of this staff has to be replaced. I think Rivera and his staff could be good enough (for Snyder, remember, I believe there is a strict ceiling anyway), except for his complete blindness to the Turner ineptitude, as evidenced by the Turner extension.
All of this to say: we are NOT reaching our LIMITED potential under Rivera (and particularly with Turner). We are NEVER reaching the promised land under Snyder. The sooner Snyder goes, the sooner we can find out if a new owner could help that situation.
However, I will always say: Snyder leaving HAS TO be about more than football. I don't think it's fair to talk about football as much when we talk about him leaving. Him leaving, for me, and I think for all of us really - should be about his transgressions as a business owner rather than anything specifically related to the on the field product. Those transgressions are disgusting and should be disqualifying to the league. We can continue to hope/dream; I am the most hopeful I have ever been, which doesn't actually mean "very hopeful" though. A sliver.
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