Black monday is coming

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(12-28-2020, 11:19 AM)Rubekahn29 Wrote: So which is it? Does momentum carry over or not? Does it only carry over if you win a specific amount of games? If you win your last 3 does it not carry over, but 4 it does? If your going to make an argument, don't make it circumstantial based on if you like a coach or not. That gives 0 credibility to your argument. 

I think it depends on the circumstances. In Flores' case,  he took a 7 win team,  completely ripped up its guts, to the point that they were considered worse than some college teams early in 2019 (I know it was a bit of hyperbole), and after starting 0-8,I believe went 5-3, and the NFL brass publicly talked about how they were improving. And this year they've continued where they've left off. 

In Taylor's case he took a 6 win team,  didn't make many changes,  and ended up with a 2 win team. He dealt with injuries,  but not enough to drop 4 wins. While their offensive line did run block better in the last half,  I'm not sure the rest of the team improved a lot. But I could be wrong. But the most glaring issue is that the team didn't continue from any improvements made at the end of last year. The OLine clearly was worse by a lot, in the first ten plus games of 2020 compared to the last half of 2019. In fact it looked like the rookie qb was the only thing keeping the team worth watching. Now suddenly winning games in week 15 and 16 doesn't change the narrative for me.  For one the sample size is not large enough for me to think any drastic improvement occurred in the coaching. I could argue it's just coincidence or good luck. 

If they win next week,  I might still believe that the sample size is small, but begrudgingly say that Zac deserves a third year (is mostly me saying there's a chance he's improved,  rather than being sure he's improved). That's mostly because we're playing the Ravens who will be absolutely focused on next week's game playing to get into the playoffs. If we win with BA at qb, it would be difficult forme to deny Zac a chance next year.  But I'll still think he's overmatched until he proves us wrong next year.