Skinster, I don't mean to be a jerk but that was a long arse rant.
I can't say I honestly read the whole thing but from other peoples answers I'm agreeing with them.
#1- Be happy knowing Cerrato is out.
#2- We have an awsome GM now or atleast an upgrade.
#3- We have a boni fide HC again.
Shanahan alwasy has had one of the top offenses in the league if not the #1. We will be good soon enough. No different then Gibbs but Gibbs problem was he had too many cooks and everyone had a different phylosophy. Shanahan has been allowed to bring in a GM he likes or the GM has been allowed to bring in a HC he likes not sure which came first other then to say Allen was hired first. All the coach's will be on the same page.
My only issue now is defense. I'm not sold on Haslett. He has not done anything special. Now Haslett has talented players. He takes over a defense that was top 5. I'm expecting a drop off because of a new scheme but it needs to return quickly.
Are we SB contenders? Hell I've been in rebuild mode up until we picked up McNabb. Now it looks like they think they could make a run at the playoffs or more. They know better then me but I'd still prefer rebuild. You can't get rid of all the aged players in one yr and fix this mess. So if they each yr pick up younger talent to start taking over then I'm fine with their idea of rebuild.