Siouxhawk":rdw4zkya said:
The team has never been the same since?
This is garbage. It's a trash statement because the only measuring stick in some of your world's of unrealistic expectations is a Super Bowl title.
Ah, playing the Superfan card are we? You cannot objectively examine this team and not see the visual frustration in players and coaches and public dismay made by certain players who openly question the rationale and philosophy of plays and tell me this current team carries the same spirit as of before.
It doesn't take much for players to no longer trust a rah rah approach or begin to question a philosophy that apparently lacks accountability for its coaches but demands an "I'm in" mantra for the players risking their livelihood each week.
When Carroll himself admitted that one of the major problems with our '15 season was the "hangover" and frustration with the SB loss, that should clue you in there was much internal strife. When you see one of the leaders on this team the following season publicly bashing the OC that leads to the further conclusion there is much more going on internally that we've only begun to see.
This team is unfortunately not the same and since this thread was originally about the redzone, I'd offer that our porous RZ efficiency and lack of use of our RZ weapon all has contributed to our 10-6ish seasons the last 2 years. We have a long way to go to get back to the culture and powerful team we had in 2013.