I judge a head coach by how the team performs. The goal of football is to win games and win the superbowl. If the team is winning, the coach is doing a better job than if the team is losing. Simple. Good coaches can lose games, but if you're consistently in playoff pushes and SB contenders, then I have a hard time seeing how the coach is bad. I don't think McDermott got fukked, he just got beat by a better coach and better team. I don't think Kyle got lucky, we beat the Packers in a messy game on both sides. Yes, football is a game of inches, but Shanahan has had a fair share of bad luck in his tenure. He's not some uniquely lucky coach. He was literally 1 missed play away from winning the Superbowl.
I'm not saying it's impossible to replace him, I'm saying the odds of finding another coach who can produce better results are objectively incredibly low. We've been one of the most successful teams in the NFL over the past few years. The only available coach I see that would be confident in making a move for is Payton. If you think Shanahan is a worse than average coach, then taking the gamble on a dice roll makes sense. But for all our frustration this season, we're still 1st in our division with significant injuries to our QB1, RB1, LT1, DE1, DT1, DT2, CB2, and S1. I don't know any other team in the league doing that. Perspective.
Breh you make it sound like we haven't had 3 losing seasons under Shanahan that weren't even close to a playoff berth. Dude losses a fukk ton of football games too. And you can't deny he's been a huge part of the Ls we took in the playoffs either, come on now.
Proving my point even more. The average coach would get a clue and get a reputable training staff. They also wouldn't go after so many players that are injury proneStacked team.
We're the most injured team in the NFL over Shanny's tenure.
It's about decision making. The coaches I named would be better decision makers. It's deplorable with Kyle. From players to training to play calling. Make Ryans the HC and tell that big eared fakkit to leave the playbook.
If your team stinks, which we did when we hired Shanny, then the head coach generally gets a grace period to turn things around, which is exactly what Shanny did. If his record was reversed and he started off with 3 impressive seasons and then clocked 3 garbage seasons, then this would be a very different discussion and calls to replace him would be more justified because we'd be going nowhere. But that's not the case here. We went to the NFC Championship last year and were in all likelihood a dropped pick from going to the Superbowl, and this year we're first in the division and folks are talking about getting rid of the head coach? That's wild to me. And I don't think he's been a huge part of the playoff Ls. The SB loss he called the right game winning play, Jimmy and Sanders didn't connect on it. The NFCC loss was a dropped pick away from being a W. In neither of those games did he call a shyt game. Perfect games from him? Not at all, but they weren't the 28-3 SB he had as Falcons OC.
Yeah I agree on this point, it wouldn't have been a sporting injustice if the Bills or Packers ended up winning those games. McDermott and LaFleur are both really good coaches. Like Kyle. Neither of their fan bases are calling for their heads though. Unlike Kyle.
Also agreed, making a HC change is a big gamble, no way of knowing it will work out. Which is my entire point. You take the gamble if you have nothing to lose. We have something to lose. Shanny is basically exactly at where McVay was at last year: A SB loss season, then a missed playoffs season, then a deep playoff push season, then leading your division by week 7. Imagine if the Rams fans were calling for McVay to be replaced last year mid-season.
