I'm sure you took time for that response, so I won't be rude.
I've been watching Football since the early 80s. I understand what good teams and good coaches are. Your explaining to me, or trying to enlighten me, is abit condescending. We are just two people with different opinions on a crappy product. That no coach since JJ has been able to address sufficiently.
Since 1983, I've seen my favorite baseball team (STL) win multiple WC. I have seen my favorite college basketball team win 2, despite them choking away chances for 20 years. And my beloved Miami Dolphins since at least 2000 sputter along. So excuse me if I don't take much heed in your explaining to me, my enlightenment on football is based on years of understanding what is and isn't acceptable. Last Thursday night, after last seasons early trash, was a reminder to everyone this team is a fraud.
Here is some of my football background so you will have some idea where I'm coming from. I am so old I remember when there were only two receivers, the right end and the left end. I watched the Bengals develop from the start in Cincinnati under Paul Brown while I lived there. I moved to North Carolina in the early 1990's and got to watch the Panthers start from the beginning. That's when I started paying more attention to the coaches. Both teams went through coaching changes and both teams lost winners. The Bengals bypassed Bill Walsh for "Tiger Johnson". Bill quit and went to San Francisco. The Panthers replaced Fox with "Riverboat Ron" Riviera. I like Rivera but I thought they made a mistake with Fox. I liked John Fox and kept up with his career. When he went to Chicago I found out about Adam Gase. I liked what I saw, a straight talker who didn't give away the farm, but actually told the truth. Most of the Bears fans were so wound up around the axle by their anti- Cutler bias that they ignored what Gase said, until his truths became obvious. That's why I like and support Gase. In my eyes he has earned it.
Now I will try to address what I feel is aggravating you the most.
It all seems to boil down to one question. Why doesn't Gase change the plays he is running when they don't work? He must be aware of the situation!!!
I see two sequential answers to that question.
1) If the simple plays that allow the QB to get rid of the ball quickly don't work, what will work better?
a) If the team is executing poorly, then there isn't much he can do in the 1st half with out getting the QB injured, so he is stuck repeating these plays in some kind of "best percentage order". I feel this is our current situation.
b) If the team is executing well, but meeting effective counter plays by the defense, then other plays can be called that may take longer to develop, but which could open up the game and this question becomes moot. This is what we need to develop for reliable 1st half play. Our defense id noticeably better. Our offense is degrading due to age, injury and undeveloped rookies. Another effective draft could help fix it.
2) Adjustments are made in the second half, based on what the opponent did in the 1st half. These are usually effective because there is enough time in a complete half to fully identify the other teams patterns and tendencies for the game being played and develop simple counter plays. This only works when players know their assignments. Does this offer some clarification why some recent actions have been taken?
This has been reasonably effective in most of our games. This is part of our current situation, and a part that will stay in place while our 1st half play improves.
I think it is as simple (if unsatisfying) as that. There is no magic bullet for now, except for the 2nd half correction.
I feel it takes most rookies a year before they are ready for full time play in the NFL. Some teams may use rookies right away, but they usually succumb to the sophomore slump in their 2nd year. This means that our rookies from last year will make it or be replaced by the end of this year. You are lucky to get a good FA that lasts more than 2 years. This is why it can take 3 years or more to really develop a team that can operate well for a new coach. Of course this will vary with the initial capabilities of different teams, but if there is any agreement on this forum about anything, it is this team was a shambles when Gase arrived.