Not a surprise the season spiraled?

Not a surprise the season spiraled?
by tdiddy07 (2019-03-25 16:19:08)

In reply to: Starting off fall camp with 6 arrests certainly didn't help. posted by smithwick

The next season the team went 10-3 and ran the ball down teams' throats. Other than BVG, the other points that you cite as contributing to the spiral were not particularly significant in light of the success of the 2016 team, which featured significantly worse quarterback play.

Kelly's mismanagement of the team in 2016 appears to be a far greater influence than the other cumulative factors, apart from BVG's presence. And even that only lasted half of the year. And the team still looked like shit even after he left when it got a defensive performance that wasn't much different than the performance in the full 2017 season.

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That team was more talented than 11 teams on its schedule. - KeoughCharles05 2019-03-25 17:20:04
- I don't know about "worst over 30 years" - jt 2019-03-27 11:58:26
  - I have to give a slight edge to 2016 being worse - TCIrish03 2019-03-27 14:16:25
    - I'm going to say that both staffs likely cost their teams - jt 2019-03-27 14:28:20
- They lost to some truly shitty teams that season - Groundhog 2019-03-26 23:28:34
- Hard to argue with that. I think any of the other teams from - athlete37 2019-03-25 18:32:32