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I too was happy with the hire, all you heard was how "belichickian" he was in the locker room/meeting room/ prep time etc. this defense doesn't deserve that offense. Poor tackling is result of less practice time( shows across the league). His lack of experience was Exposed with the short week against the Jets. The OL can run block, but cant pass block to save their lives. But the rebuild is gonna take time. It is hard being the "get right" game again but football is cyclical. We will be back, just gonna take some time.
yes he was.
Maybe they wanted to see if Brissett could do it?
This is an oversimplification. Even if Mayo is on auto-pilot, as you suggest, that in itself is irresponsible. Things change, plans do not always work out, and a manager who cannot adapt to such circumstances is worthless. I'd give him to the end of the year, certainly, but if I HAD to make a judgment at this point, I'd fire him. The fact that the geriatric owner finds him a congenial travel companion turns out not to have been a valid criterion for hiring the guy, to the surprise of no rational observer whatever.
There was a big difference between to the two though. Bill earned the job from his defensive background and accomplishments as one of the best in the NFL. The team was deteriorating with aging veterans, bad contracts and lack of juice on both sides of the ball. With that said, I didn't expect a 5-11 season, was really disappointed in the defense and second guessed Bill's hire. I wasn't alone as the long debated rumors were true that Bob was going to fire Bill had the team not made the playoffs in 2001.
Any final evaluation must await at least the full season. That said, there is nothing invalid about offering a preliminary evaluation when that is in keeping with the discussion. If I had to make the binary determination fire-or-extend at this point, I'd fire him. His opportunity to redeem himself over the remainder of the season must be genuine, but I doubt he'll be able to do much with that opportunity, given the record to this point.
A "few years"!!!!! I hope for your employers's sake that you do not have anything to do with staff evaluation. Or maybe you work for the government, where every job is a sinecure irrespective of merit or accomplishment.
Yes. Typically rebuilds take a few years.
Sorry. Far too soft a take for me. I'd rather have my opinions "clouded" by facts and sound expectations than by delusions and excuse-making.
dude, she old now... might need sometin' better than that...
How much time? Kraft's time left is at the Hour Glass stage (like many of us). How patient can he be?
A reasonable amount. Hard to quantify. As long as the team is learning, working hard and responding to coaching, then indefinite might be the best answer.
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