RiverDog":1d69xdo6 said:
I'm for a complete rebuild. Fire Pete, trade Metcalf before the November deadline, see if Russell wants to be here for a rebuild, if not, trade him. Trade or cut Bobby.
And before I get fried for my suggestion, yes, I'm fully aware of the consequences, that we could end up like the Lions. It's a risk I'm willing to take.
RiverDog":1d69xdo6 said:
Yes, there's a good chance that if we fire Pete that we could end up being like the Lions or Jets. We could go 10 years without so much as making the playoffs.
But that's a chance I'm willing to take. Time for a change.
That's great that you're willing to take that risk, but that's probably not a risk the owner is willing to take.
People like to say things like "They will only continue to steadily decline like they have been for many seasons.", but I very much doubt the owner sees it that way. I would imagine that the owner sees a team that has gone 9-7 in 2017, 10-6 in 2018, 11-5 in 2019, and 12-4 in 2020. That doesn't really seem like a team that has been in a steady decline for many seasons. I would imagine that from the owners perspective, that looks like a team that has been improving every year for the past 4 years.
Now, this season looks bad so far, but I doubt that the owner is itching to fire what has been a very successful head coach, that wins waaaayyy more than he loses, that makes the playoffs every year, and that is coming off a 12-4 NFC West winning season over one bad start to a season.