Zak needs 1 more year to change culture

[Murdock2420]

(11-17-2020, 02:07 PM)Wyche Wrote: Marvin's philosophy and and schemes are way different than what the current staff wants to do. Plus a lot of Marvin's core players are all in their 30s. The team had been circling the drain since 2015 to anyone paying attention. Last year was roster evaluation....as in, see how many of those players would translate. Answer was, a few of them. Green, Dunlap, and Dalton were sure fire shoulda been traded players. Maybe Atkins too. This year, they've cut a few more of those guys from the roster, and had a decent FA haul this off-season. Too bad not many of them are playing right now.   

They need to improve some more, but to act like this was gonna be a Super Bowl run in year two wasn't based much in reality.

Couldn't agree more with you.

I get that people are upset and tired of the losses, but let's be honest, this is really year 1 of the rebuild and I don't think Zac is in any danger of being fired.

His first season, he got here late due to the Super Bowl. He had trouble getting the staff together. There was little activity in roster management, and the draft came and they seemed unprepared. 

This year, he has his guy at QB, and got to go out and get players he wanted in the draft and seemed more fluid and prepared. They participated in FA (and have lost several of those FA's to injury) to shore up the roster. 

If you look at it as this is year 1, with a rookie QB that usually means 3 to 5 wins. 

Overall if you take out the Ravens and steelers game, they've played better, been in games and have had a chance to win. I think you'll see Zac here again next season, and if there is no improvement, then you start thinking about him being done. However, if the FO is willing to do another off-season of being active in free agency and they have another strong draft, I doubt we are having this conversation next season.