Well, Let's get Ben Johnson as HC and a QB with a top 2 pick in the Draft

St. Widge said
The results speak for having a bad head coach. There is some talent on this team to build around and a short term solid starting QB in Carr. Certainly we need some key additions at pass rusher, run stopping DT, and WR/TE (and we need a franchise QB) but we aren't that far off from a 8 or 9 win team if we had a good head coach. The rest is up to that coach to build.

It's not like any of the jobs that will be available won't have their own issues. What job do you think will be clearly above this one?
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Time will tell but here's what I think.

I think following the 2021 season, we hired Allen w/ the thought this was still a competitive team. We know this because they were still aggressive about trading up to get, what at the time seemed like our two biggest weaknesses, Wide Receiver and LT. Armstead at the time would miss 8-10 games a year and there was no complimentary piece to Thomas after the departure of Ted Ginn. We also went after Watson very aggressively, so they were still in that "winning window" mindset.

Olave is just good, Penning is a wash, and Taylor was a "strengthen a strength" pick. You go 7-10 and then reality sets in.

Their attitude changed, and i know this because the 2023 draft had 7 players. Last time they did that was 2017 when they were trying to build a new nucleus. They followed that up w/ another 7 man class in 2024. That is the opposite of what they do when they are chasing a window. Those draft clases tend to be small and targeted w/ filling specific gaps.

The diffrence in draft classes also coincides w/ minimzing spending in FA. Just like in 2017 it was modest, no one over priced.

The problem is they didn't hit much on last years class, the 2022 class was average, and this years class also looks solid, but nothing like that 2017 draft, where they added several great or players that had the potential to be great. Maybe Taylor or Fuaga have that ability but it's nowhere near the reboot they got from the AK class.

So, they only have two options. Reset next year, new QB and new HC or...Keep Allen, try to get some capital for Ireland and see if you can get a 2017 level class next year.