Here is a "hidden problem" we haven't addressed yet...

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Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I might agree, but not to the extent of a 4-12 record. If you put, say, the 49ers of the 80's in a smashmouth offense, would they really be reduced to a 4-win season? I don't think so. Good players overcome lots of obstacles.

Plus, while there have been players that haven't been used right, Orakpo and Devin Thomas (at least in terms of playing time) come to mind, I would hardly say that the entire roster has been misused to the point that we could have been significantly better.

Is it your contention that we are really an 8-8 or 9-7 team and that the coaches are solely to blame?

No, that is not my contention.

I also am not giving scouting a pass. I hope that, starting Monday, the entire organization is put under the microscope and problems are fixed, including in scouting.

At the same time, I find it hard to blame scouting alone for 4-12, as your previous post seemed to do.