I sure hope we all did not have great expectations this year for the phins...woulda been nice but it ain't happening....Remember new coach Saban, has been saddled with a lot of crap and sorry boneheads from the wanny/speilman era and he can't just get rid of all of them in a few months, let alone a year or so. His first major move to get rid of Feeley, he is starting to work on correcting the past, but it is time consuming and he must do it when the rare opportunity is available. He can't just go out and cut 2/3 of the team at the start, it is a process and he has to do it over time for talent and business. He is doing the best he can with what he inherited and slowly getting rid of the driftwood. In approx 1.5 to 2 years the phins will be serious contenders but the wanny crap has to be completely purged. Believe me, he is taking notes and the offseason may be a surprise. get draft picks and build a Saban team. We all knew it would not be an instantaneously turnaround. He wanted linehan, and needed a qb that was familiar with his system to at least make a showing this year. He knows GUs is and always was a backup. But he piecemealed together the best he could with what he inherited. The next couple years will come major changes and you will see, we will rise back to the ranks of the elite. Takes time to clean house. Chalk this season and maybe next up to rebuilding the team in Saban's image and then stand the f by. It is disappointing and heartbreaking to see us play bad and lose, but the right components are not there. The only prob, the mainstays, JT, ZT and so forth are getting older and may need to be replaced by then.(i hope not)
But give Saban a year or two...it will take that long to get rid of the wanny stink and garbage.
also this is a learning period for Saban too....it has been years since he was in the pros, and he needs to take this time to learn it all over again as it has changed, just as with Joe Gibbs...the game has changed since he first retired.
So be patient and give him time more than a year.
I predict mare, gus, sage, daniels, madison, rogers and some others will be gone by that time......t