6-8 weeks. Scrap the snap judgement for the offense and make an intelligent analysis then.
I hated this hire day 1. So yes, I judged him before he ever got in the building. I dislike him for a ton of reasons:
- Resume is questionable at best. Coaching Peyton late in his career couldn't have been rocket science. I don't think the guy is ready.
- I do not believe in offensive "geniuses". There have been so, so many who became head coaches and were woeful.
- I wanted a grizzled veteran coach to put in their system on both sides of the ball, change the culture - a proven guy that's done it elsewhere like Shannahan or Coughlin (who I really wanted). I would have been good w Campbell because he got 12 games of experience under his belt and the team seemed to respond to him. I get that people don't see him as a tactician but he coached these guys up and their fundamentals became better. I see Gase as a guy who doesn't stress the nuances enough. So opposite end of the spectrum as what Campbell gave us.
- the team looks the same as it did under Philbin after 2 games. We did beat Washington in week 1 in a low-scoring tight game and then after that we went into "suck" mode for the next 3. Yesterday's game looked like games 2-4 of last year. Defense unable to get a stop.
- I see all the same "stupids" from this team - mentally just not there. Blocks in the back on a downed KO return, hands to face negating a 3rd down stop. Choosing to be 1st and 10 on our 30 instead of 2nd and 1 on our 34 (that was weird), terrible tackling / lack of effort.
- I am worried the team will quit on Gase. Don't tell the players this was supposed to be a throw away season. The fact that the guy never played bothers me. I will not be surprised if we don't hear the usual dissension if things don't improve. Today's game - w the players as wealthy as they are - they need to respect the head guy. They clearly didn't respect Philbin. There is risk that the same thing happens to Gase. Winning would mitigate this but if we don't win some games and show improvement this guy will lose the locker room faster than a veteran coach w a pedigree would. I am genuinely concerned about this.
- I know the guy is here for at least 3 years but my goodness give us something we can hang onto. Show us we have an identity, a vision, a direction - that we are improving in some areas.
I guess I had expectations that we'd look better than we do right now. I know we were close in week 1 but then those guys went out and lost to the Rams so I'm not sure what to think. And as for yesterday I don't know we make a game of it if Grappolo doesn't get hurt. I'm thinking not. So yeah, I can't get excited about this guy yet.
