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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 843365" data-attributes="member: 282"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When O’Leary left, I thought “if we can keep the offense close to where it is and fix the defense, we’ll be a contender”. The offense had been amazing until then end. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Under Chan, the defense got better, but the offense got worse. For a while, it was a lot worse. <br /> We did have a team towards the end that was really good, though. </li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When we fired Chan, I thought, “if Johnson fixes the offense and the defense can stay close to where it is, we’re golden”.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The offense improved massively, and for a while it was amazing, but the defense declined massively too. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The offensive improvement was enough to make up for the defensive decline. </li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Then, when Johnson left, I thought “if we can keep the offense mediocre, but we can get the defense above average, we have a chance”<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We accomplished a middling offense, but an inconsistent one. Our defense has actually declined.</li> </ul></li> </ul><p>I don’t think it’s just me. In coaching transitions, it’s natural to think “we’ll fix the broken stuff, but the unbroken stuff will stay fine”. That hasn’t happened over the last 20+ years, though. </p><p></p><p>We can’t keep screwing this up. It would be hard for a decent coach not to improve across the board (except for the running backs). (Please, please, don’t screw up the running backs. ). The key is, we shouldn’t micromanage this, but we need to be much smarter about our hiring and our environment than we have in the past. </p><p></p><p>=======</p><p></p><p>2015 came up a couple of times in this or one of the other threads. Not all 3-9 seasons are created equal</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1462434842453368837[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>That team needed bad luck to go 3-9. It was a horrible season to watch, and it felt like we were going down the tubes. We turned it around the next season. </p><p></p><p>Our current team has enough talent to win. I say that because I believe we have more talent than teams that are winning. It did last year, too. But our 3 win seasons haven’t been as good as that 2015 3 win season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 843365, member: 282"] [LIST] [*]When O’Leary left, I thought “if we can keep the offense close to where it is and fix the defense, we’ll be a contender”. The offense had been amazing until then end. [LIST] [*]Under Chan, the defense got better, but the offense got worse. For a while, it was a lot worse. We did have a team towards the end that was really good, though. [/LIST] [*]When we fired Chan, I thought, “if Johnson fixes the offense and the defense can stay close to where it is, we’re golden”. [LIST] [*]The offense improved massively, and for a while it was amazing, but the defense declined massively too. [*]The offensive improvement was enough to make up for the defensive decline. [/LIST] [*]Then, when Johnson left, I thought “if we can keep the offense mediocre, but we can get the defense above average, we have a chance” [LIST] [*]We accomplished a middling offense, but an inconsistent one. Our defense has actually declined. [/LIST] [/LIST] I don’t think it’s just me. In coaching transitions, it’s natural to think “we’ll fix the broken stuff, but the unbroken stuff will stay fine”. That hasn’t happened over the last 20+ years, though. We can’t keep screwing this up. It would be hard for a decent coach not to improve across the board (except for the running backs). (Please, please, don’t screw up the running backs. ). The key is, we shouldn’t micromanage this, but we need to be much smarter about our hiring and our environment than we have in the past. ======= 2015 came up a couple of times in this or one of the other threads. Not all 3-9 seasons are created equal [MEDIA=twitter]1462434842453368837[/MEDIA] That team needed bad luck to go 3-9. It was a horrible season to watch, and it felt like we were going down the tubes. We turned it around the next season. Our current team has enough talent to win. I say that because I believe we have more talent than teams that are winning. It did last year, too. But our 3 win seasons haven’t been as good as that 2015 3 win season. [/QUOTE]
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