Time to get some guys back from Injury and make a run
it feels like us going on a run would **** off about 70% of SSF
and actually making the playoffs would only mollify about 20% of those
i think many/most fans are dug in on two points - DA gone and top 10 or even 5 draft pick
I don't think there's compelling reason to keep DA at the same time getting rid of DA probably doesn't do all that much
and as has been well documented, drafts are more of a crapshoot than hard science - so all in all i'd take a win streak and/or stumble into the playoffs
As much as I know that every year that we keep the coaching staff and GM sets us back another year, I would always take the playoffs over losing just to hit the reset.
However, we are likely NEVER going to win anything significant with DA as the head coach. There is no further evidence needed. He got his guys, his coaches, his QB, etc etc and the product isn't any better. Yes, he has been dealt a crappy hand this season with injuries, but that is part of the NFL. Happens every year to a lot of teams.
My biggest issue isn't with DA. We all knew what DA was and is as a head coach; we just hoped it could be different because that is what is best for our favorite team. My biggest issue is with Loomis never truly having a plan post-Drew Brees, being so adamant that he is smarter than the rest of the world and knows stuff everyone else doesn't (which seems to be how he thinks regarding hiring DA as HC), etc.
You are right. Firing DA even after the season does very little because this team is going to have at least one more season like this before it can truly turn things around. However, keeping a lame-duck head coach that the players do not respect as the HC just for that reason would be a losers mentality. So, IDK, maybe a change at the GM position is what is needed most, but in this organization, that is not happening until ML retires.