Re: blow it up
I have to say to all those who say they don’t want a major restructure of this team that I really admire your optimism. We have just watched our team loose to one of the worst teams in the NFL, after a series of other really disappointing loses and all you think we need to do is wait, to give it some time and anybody who disagrees with this insightful remedy is described as retarded. I think you guys need a reality check. This team is going backwards very quickly and has been for weeks.
A lot of you Zorn fans go on about this being Zorn’s rookie year as a HC and that 8-8 or even 7-9 would be a great result. I would say this could be right under different circumstances but not under these circumstances.
Scenario 1 – New HC comes in to a disunited franchise that hasn’t been in the play offs for years and has no continuity with players or coaching staff. He gets off to a really bad start and at the mid way point of the season he is 1-7. But what he has done during that time is pull the team and other coaches around him and get them to buy into him and his scheme. The second half of the season we go 6-2, the team starts playing dynamic football and we are definitely heading in the right direction after a 7-9 season
Scenario 2 – New HC comes in to a franchise that has been to the playoffs twice in the last four years. He is following a HOF coach who managed to establish discipline throughout the franchise and he inherits pretty much the whole of the last year’s playoff team and a bunch of coaches that are (used to be at least) thought of as talented. This team has an elite Defence and a running game that is respected throughout the league. He is told that all he has to do is bring in an updated passing game and we are ready to take the next step. The new HC gets off to a really hot start and by midway he is 6-2. Then however the other teams catch on to his playbook. Has he got a plan B, can he change it around, has he got any fresh ideas. Sadly no and for the remainder of the season we go 1-7. He doesn’t recognise that this run of losses has anything to do with him and his dreadful and predictable play calling. Instead he starts to blame his players for poor execution. As the slide in results gets worse, in an effort to demonstrate his authority and to shift the blame for the loses he starts benching franchise players who are to banged up to practice during the week. Due to this he starts to loose the dressing room and so by the end of the year we have a disunited team that is heading into the future with a very bleak outlook for returning to the playoffs anytime soon after a 7-9 season.
Two very different ways to get to the same point
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