I'm not as concerned with the W-L performance as I am in HOW that W-L record is generated. That was the metric for CSP, who I felt had "it"; the metric for DA, who I felt did NOT; and it will be my metric for Rizzi. DA could've gone 6-2 to finish out (I doubt it, but he COULD have) and I still wouldn't believe in him, just as I didn't believe in last year's late-season surge. Beating bad teams is what you're SUPPOSED to do, but it was all DA could do. And now we ARE that crappy team. Happened under DAs watch. That's the thing....folks look at this 0-7 skid and wanna give him a pass for the injuries. If that was an isolated incident, I'd agree. But I'm looking at the ENTIRETY of an 18-25 tenure and a team that wasn't improving, and was actually backsliding. Don't care the reason....he used up his freebies in year 1 & 2, and now when he really could have used some understanding and context, he already used it up.
Back to Rizzi....I like what he's bringing already, but if he simply "talks the talk" and doesn't "walk the walk", he can go to. I'm glad to find out what he has to offer as we're opening up the coaching search. I don't care if this team ends the season at 2-15, or finishes at 10-7. They're probably somewhere in between, but now there's HOPE of the latter. I don't expect it, but I think it COULD happen. Never felt that way about DA. I was always sure he'd find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. And more often than not....he did.
Clean slate with a new guy. Show us what you got Rizz!