11-13-2019, 03:36 PM
(11-13-2019, 02:52 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I hope that the 'We've had a bunch of close losses crowd' checks this out. This is comparing our 0-10 start in 1993 to this years 0-9 start:
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>The #Bengals are one L away from tying the franchise record for longest losing streak to start a season. This compares the 0-10 start in 93 to this year's 0-9.
— Jay Morrison (@JayMorrisonATH) November 13, 2019
93 rankings are at time of 0-10, not final.
Teams in bold are playoff teams (or would be if season ended today). pic.twitter.com/Om2ZmwRCpU
I mean depending on if you are an optimist or a pessimist you could say he is a modern day Jimmy Johnson who was 0-8 and 1-15 overall his first year coaching. His average margin of defeat in his first 8 losses were 17 points and the average over all losses was 13.9. I get that it's in vogue here to be all "sky is falling" but this is kind of just cherry picking stats to drive a narrative.
I'm not saying Taylor is a good coach, or he will ever be one, but trying to make proclamations based off 10 games is silly. We aren't a good team, had we kept Marvin and won 6 games no one here would be happy either. Rebuilds aren't fun and they take time, buckle up it's going to be a bumpy ride for a while.