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Originally Posted by RustShack
In all fairness its really hard to expect any coach to win a lot of games with a team like this rebuilding... I knew everyone would back the rebuild during the offseason even though they knew this would happen... but when the season actually happens all hell breaks loose. Sounds like a bunch of hypocrites to me.
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Well ... you have a point, Mr. RustShack. As for me (and I think most Planeteers), I was and remain fully prepared for losses ... even embarrassing ones. You're quite right that inconsistency will be the hallmark of a team loaded with young players. There are only two things I want to see; The first is improvement in a particular area week to week. It could be the DBs, the LBs, the Oline, the WRs, whatever. I expect it to be inconsistent - in other words, the DBs might look better one week and the RBs the next - I just look for some aspect of the team to improve. The second thing I want is that they never, ever, ever quit. I want to see them fight and scrap and gouge and kick until the final click of the clock ... even when they're losing.
When neither one of those things happen, you have a problem - and it's not necessarily with the players. Last year, for example, we had games in which several of the players seemed to quit on Herm. I think we saw a little of that in Carolina, as well. That's troubling.
I think about this, too; We've had a problem defensing the run for a long time. Plenty of time, in my view, for Herm and Gunther to address the issue. There's only so much "they didn't play their gaps properly" that you can stomach before you realize that, if they aren't playing their gaps, the coaches need to teach them how. Stuff like that bothers me.
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