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[THE PISTONS]

(12-18-2020, 01:58 AM)jason Wrote: Here's the thing... Nobody was expecting them to play for a championship  2 years in.

My acceptable win total this year was "touching .500". 8-8, 7-9, I'd have even have accepted 6-10. The thing that bothers me about those who are saying this isn't a couple of year fix is that what they are "fixing" was a team that was 6-10. We're fixing a team that won 6 games with their QB and No. 1 WR missing significant time. Zac Taylor hadn't led the Bengals to that many wins in 2 seasons.

I was OK with cutting bait on Taylor after last season. The only good argument not to was that it sends a bad message to potential hires the next season. All in all... That's not a good reason to keep a bad coach. Zac Taylor has proven (without a doubt) this season that he is just that... A bad coach.

I don't expect Zac's replacement to compete for championships in year 2 either. He'll be "fixing" a 2 win team.

Yep. And with all the players they added, along with Burrow, Tee, and Wilson...they should be way better than 2.5 wins. Their schedule was arguably much weaker this year than last.

I just don't see improvement. The run game has regressed this year. Somehow they figured out how to run the ball the 2nd half of last year, added Jonah and then Spain to the line...and got much worse running the ball and the pass protection has been equally as bad.

The run defense is maybe slightly better. It went from Terrible to really Bad. (3rd worst in the league.) The passing game went from Bad to Poor to Below Average...and it's hard to really evaluate because they throw A LOT which skews yardage stats. Couldn't hit deep throws all year for instance.

Generally in rebuilds, you see areas of the team improve from Year 1 to Year 2. IF that were the case, I'd be more apt to give them a 3rd year.

I don't see Zac miraculously learning how to become a great HC in Year 3. He's been outcoached basically by every coach he's faced for 2 years. The abysmal 3rd quarter numbers show that. Miami went to a Cover 2 and they didn't know how to counter that. There are pretty fundamental issues that another year won't fix.