In response to X's response...
Please don't mistake my "questioning Shanahan" to say that it's all his fault, or to say that I think he's doing a bad job overall. Yes, some of the problems are inherited...however, some of them are problems of his own doing. I think now is a fine time to start taking a critical look at what he's done. Doesn't mean fire him...it just means that he's the coach of my team and I think it's time to take off the beer goggles.
1. Who said he's on the s-list? I'm merely pointing out some mistakes so far. All coaches make them, but not all coaches are coaching my team. And, you just happened to name the 3-5 teams with the most problems, but would you take what they have going in Oakland over this? How about Kansas City? A common problem with today's fan (especially here), is that they take any realistic criticism and turn it into a complete indictment of the coach.
2. What do you mean no reason? He got fired because, for 5 years, he showed complete futility at player selection and personnel decisions. Don't even talk to me about RBs because you and I know that was more about scheme than talent (see Olandis Gary, Mike Bell, etc.) Denver won he Super Bowl last in the '98-'99 season. Elway retired and Denver failed to make the playoffs 3 out of the next 4 years. They had late season implosions the next 3 years and then failure the next 2. He went through 4 defensive coordinators in 4 years. He didn't get fired for no reason...the OWNER WAS ONE OF HIS BEST FRIENDS! Why would his friend fire him for no reason? That just doesn't make sense. He basically pulled this same kind of crap in Denver, riding the gravy train of 2 super bowl victories. Eventually, they had enough.
I'm not saying he's terrible, I'm just saying...before we give him a free pass, just remember why he was even available to us in first place.
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your question was "can we start criticizing coach Shanny?" my answer is "yes we can!!" the rest was how i think we should go about criticizing him.
so in answer: yes. we can start criticizing him. i've been criticizing him for his bad moves, and praising him for his good moves. i'll post my responses to your top 5, and my own top 5 as well.
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