It is so sad to see such a storied franchise (72 phins, perfect season, 2 super bowls, 5 super bowl appearances, shula, griese, csonka, marino...) turn into a sinking ship and a laughing stock. It is so sad to sit at home and watch a home game and there are nothing but empty seats and absolutely no crowd noise at all! But in my opinion the number one reason for the problems that this franchise is facing is a lack of structure from top to bottom, a lack of origination and direction. From the owner, to the general manager and scouting department, to the coach, and right down to the Quarterback there is nothing but dysfunction. To build a winning and stable franchise with direction everybody has to be on the same page, the owner, the GM, the coach, and the most important player on the field the QB all have to be on the same page and understand what direction the franchise and team is heading, everybody is in it together and this franchise is far from it my friends.
When Parcells came in I was happy because I thought we were finally going to get that structure and everything was going to be organized, and for the most part he did that in his first year, we looked a lot more professional and it looked as though we had direction, but parcells dropped the ball in a lot of areas with his drafting and FA acquisitions but for the most part he put on his on solid ground and at the very least made us competitive again, we can argue all day about matt ryan and jake long and the whole laundry list of bad moves but I'm not going to get into that.
But look at the dysfunction that has taken place, we find out that david lee our QB coach was behind the pat white pick and he also made some suggestions on some other picks, seriously who has their QB coach making picks on draft day? then we had the whole problem with parcells and ross and the orange carpet and parcells not feeling comfortable so he leaves, then the decisions get left up to ireland, so he is out there asking
dez bryant is his mom is a prostitute, then we have ross and ireland both flying out to California to try and hire harbough when we still had a head coach! thats dysfunctional and you dont do that! then we come home and confess our love for sparano and give him an extension and full control of personnel, then we try and trade for orton and that whole thing falls apart and now we have a lame duck coach, and QB on our team, the two most important people on the the team! so there is no structure from top to bottom and it is just a mess, sparano, ross, ireland, henne, the communication must be terrible and there is no direction, look what the falcons did with tom dimitroff from new england, they brought him in and that franchise is on the right path, the GM, owner, coach, and QB are all on the same page and they have a direction and structure now, the saints have it now too, if we want to fix this franchise we need structure and not dysfunction, look at the organizations that consistently win and are competitive, packers, eagles, steelers, ravens, patriots, colts, giants, and now even the saints and jets, they have structure, have a plan and a direction and are moving in the right direction and until ross understands that and brings in a coach or GM who understands that then nothing will change and the seats will stay empty!
