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Originally Posted by Mattyk
Agreed. The main problem with some folks comes down to expectations.
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I will admit I do have a problem reigning in expectations. Part of it is seeing coaches come in in their first year coaching a team and making a huge turnaround. Mike Smith of ATL and Tony Sparano of the Dolphins come to mind. Sean Payton comes to mind as well, taking the Saints from 3-13 in '05 to 10-6 and an NFC championship game in '06. The Jets impressed under Rex Ryan last season as well.
This league today has seen a lot of teams make quick turnarounds in their first year of coaching and part of it is the reason why expectations run so high in the first year of new coaching. I would love to see a playoff run this season but at the same time I have to know that we were so bad last year that I can't just demand it to happen. And this 3-4 looks more and more like it's going to take time.
One of the reasons I was so optimistic about the 3-4 this season is seeing the transition the Packers made. I believe they switched to the 3-4 before last season began and they made a huge leap and were one of the statistically better defenses last season despite it being the first year of their transition. So I felt like if they could it why not us? Seeing our defense get shredded the last two weeks before today has definitely reigned in my expectations but I don't want to believe it's going to take 2-3 seasons before we can be a great 3-4 defense. We definitely don't have all the personnel we need for it right now but we have improved from last week to this week. In the end it doesn't matter, we have been inconsistent from week to week, but in the end winning games hides inconsistency and bad play.