Rizzi, Rattler, '25, measured expectations

Elvis said

Rizzi had the team beating one division rival that isn't much better than us, 2 bad teams and losing to 2 good teams. We're likely only going to beat the Raiders going forward and end the season at 6-11. What exactly has he done different than DA other than optics and rah rah speeches to deserve to run it back with him next year? The team has been pretty awful lately and not much has really changed to be honest.

Carr isn't going anywhere in 2025 and he'll start if healthy unless Rattler completely smokes him in training camp next year. I completely agree on your point about both of the lines though. Nothing changes without improvement there.

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In fairness, it takes more than a HC change and a few weeks of speeches for a team to look much different than it did before…and I don’t think that’s an indictment on Rizzi.

What I am trying to say is, the team culture under DA is something that can’t truly change until the off-season, no matter who the interim is, especially once you’re already in the funk of a 2-7 campaign.

You sort of become what your record says you are, and it is very hard to completely lift that cloud.

You can’t put a coach, even a great one, smack dab in the middle of a team’s losing campaign and expect him to work immediate miracles and completely change the fabric of the program that’s already been installed for years in just a few short weeks and with the exact same players and coaches the previous guy had signed/hired.