[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

I totally agree with you. I think there is just no pleasing anyone or I should say no pleasing everyone. People finally got on a bandwagon together to get rid of Cerrato and Zorn and have Snyder stay out of the football decisions. We got that. Snyder hires Allen/Shanahan and people complained. Snyder said he would leave the football decisions to them. People complained about Haslett getting the DC job. People complained when they picked up McNabb. People complained at how Haynesworth was being treated. People complained about McNabb's benching. People complained about Haynesworth being suspended. People complained about McNabb being relegated to 3rd string.

I'm beginning to think people complain to just hear themselves complain since they don't have anything better to do. I'm actually excited about the disciplin. If you remember correctly when the Giants hired Tom Coughlin he came in and instilled disciplin also. The players complained (some), the fans complained, and reports were the HC might get fired. The second yr the team played better and the players stated they liked Coughlin. 2004 Coughlin got hired and made the play offs each yr and won the SB 3 yrs after his hiring in 2007.

People need to give this a chance. We can't keep on the course of picking up a new HC every 2 to 3 yrs. Most would agree it takes a HC 3 yrs to get a team in the right direction.... thats "if" they are rebuilding. I know we are not rebuilding but if you look at the sum of the whole, Shanahan had to bring in his style of WCO to the team and the defense completely changed scheme's with out having the right players to run it. So although the team is not in "rebuild" mode, they essentially are "rebuilding" this team. Zorn was the first to bring the WCO to Washington and most teams who switch take a few yrs to get the offense connecting. Zorn might have helped or started the transition for Shanahan but the scheme's are not completely the same.

All I'm saying is lets be patient and give Allen/Shanahan more then 1 or 2 yrs to get the right people in for the offense and defense before we lable Shanahan OR Haslett a bust. Also remember Haslett helped build the Steeler's defense and they have kept the same scheme even after he left. Haslett should understand their scheme and be able to impliment it, which I'm guessing is why Shanahan picked him for the job.

Coughlin adapted just a bit to his players. Not too much, but some. The criticisms were mainly from them not winning. Mike Shanahan does deserve a few years to make his mark, but if doesn't show much progress in that timeframe, the complainers are only going to get louder. Hopefully, it all turns out good in the end.