Again, it goes back to the talent differences between the rosters of Sparano's and Gase's teams vs this roster. 42% of these guys are UDFA. They're are roughly 18-20 guys that are legitimate NFL talent. I think its fair to say that no one thought they would win a game, myself included, yet they've won 3 and most likely will finish 5-11 or 6-10.People can be optimistic all they want, but to pretend like the same kind of optimism over Gase’s first year didn’t exist is absurd. It’s not reality.
People keep looking at everything with the benefit of hindsight. It’s revisionist history. People pretend like this is the most competent coaching staff they’ve seen in 20 years, yet many of the same people were saying the same exact thing about Sparano and Gase after year 1.
I understand the issues with trust from this organization and they have yet to prove their ability to assemble a roster that fits their vision, most importantly that elusive QB, but the coaching staff is instilling a winning mentality which has been sorely missed for 20 years. Only need to look how they continue to fight in spite of their record and the development of players occurring.