It’s been posted somewhere, This is the worst 4-game stretch by any NFL team in over twenty years (I think they said Arizona was the last team to lose four straight by 21+ points back in 2002). It doesn’t just seem really bad, it is actually historically bad. I would say people should be fired, but I’m to the point where I think nothing will save us.
??? That doesn't make intellectual sense though.
There isn't any magic here.
There can only be one at the end. So if you are not a team ready to win the Super Bowl, you may as well be a team at the bottom of the barrel and ready to progress forward. With Snyder, the TOP of the heap was so putrid and rotten, there truly was no hope.
With Harris, we honestly do have hope. Yes it sucks that it may take time for them to sort out who is good and who is bad, but I do think they will get there eventually.
My personal feeling: As long as we have these coaches (Kliff and Whitt and possibly DQ as well), we aren't going to go anywhere. The DQ part is "possible" as long as AP doesn't step in, which he may not. He may prefer to give DQ a chance, and if he fails at that chance, move on. Personally, I believe the HC hiring process was tainted for reasons I've talked about before, and won't go into now. I don't think DQ was the best option available, and frankly I think they knew that when the process began (that he was unlikely to be the best option available). Then, at the end, they took him.
So, I imagine at some point in the future all 3 could be gone. Is that a good thing? Again, I share your disappointment in what has transpired, it's not a good thing; but what is good, and we should always know - this is not the same as before. A structure like this, with a GM empowered to lead, and an owner who will hire or fire that GM for success/failure - that is a structure that can win. The GM has to be smart and pick the right coaches as well. I think AP had his hands tied a bit in his first go, and that happens sometimes. He won't be so green the next time around, and maybe the process will go a bit differently.
All of that is IF they decide that this current iteration needs to be fully removed. I think that is very possible. With injuries and everything else, what they did in the last 4 games? No. Especially against that Dallas D. No way.
The thing that irks me is the slow as molasses decision making. I am not there, I don't have full knowledge, but I can see the units that have degraded fairly consistently, and the units that have been slightly better. I would be looking at WRs and CBs. Outside of McLaurin who was already a developed product, I don't see good development there. As for CBs... what on Earth is happening there? How many times will we see miscommunications and just ignore that? How many times will different CBs show basic technique issues and we ignore it?
If you take yourself seriously as an HC, you have to see when a unit is failing, you have to be able to tell when an assistant may not be doing their job properly. You have to be able to move on too. I don't know - to me, it seems clear to me that Tommy Donatell is a problem.
Quick side note: if you recognize the last name -- yes, that's Ed Donatell's son.
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