SoulfishHawk":1sf2poq9 said:
So magically THIS slow start is different than the previous ones? WAY too early to give up. But have at it.
Yes, because each year we look worse. Slow starts happen because the team isn't ready to compete. Maybe they didn't work enough individually in the off-season, maybe the coaches gameplan isn't correct for the opponent, maybe the coaches gameplan doesn't fit the personnel, maybe the practice regimen isn't effective to prepare for regular season play, maybe the scouting and drafting in the off-season was poor and those players aren't going to be ready, even in a backup or learning role.
Either way, slow starts are a terrific indicator of something not right with a team. To have consistent slow starts shows a pattern of Ill preparedness. This is not a good thing at all, and should not just be accepted as normal if we have our goal as another Lombardi.
Can we band aid it, backyard ball broken, unimaginitive playcalls to scrape out winning our division to make the playoffs? Possibly, that is what we have done the last few years. We were embarrassed as soon as we had to play a good team though.
In Pete's presser yesterday, he said they were just going to keep on doing what they always do and hope it gets better. This is why we are on the decline. Hope is a pretty weak way to make necessary improvements, and has shown by being a little worse each year that hope isn't working. If my business is losing money, do I just hope it stops, or do I identify where it is losing money and correct the problem? The answer is pretty easy.
Time to shake it up Pete. Start with the obvious, either cable or Bev, maybe both. Do something about the issues instead of just "hoping" they get better.