[JohnR34231]

The problem with the view that this was "just one game" is that it ignores last season. The bad things that happened yesterday were largely identical to the bad things that happened in our losses (and even some of our wins) in 2014. There's just no reason to believe that Shaw has the ability to coach the players up or improve the team. Perhaps he can, but if you truly believe that, you're taking it on faith more than evidence.

Yeah, I think that was what was so discouraging about this loss. We had ourselves convinced that the last three games of 2014 were evidence that our offensive woes were behind us. Clearly this game showed that they aren't, and we don't have the defense this year that is going to be able to win games for us when the offense struggles. I agree that if you are optimistic about the rest of the year, you are basing it pretty much on faith.

[JohnR34231]

The problem with the view that this was "just one game" is that it ignores last season. The bad things that happened yesterday were largely identical to the bad things that happened in our losses (and even some of our wins) in 2014. There's just no reason to believe that Shaw has the ability to coach the players up or improve the team. Perhaps he can, but if you truly believe that, you're taking it on faith more than evidence.

Yeah, I think that was what was so discouraging about this loss. We had ourselves convinced that the last three games of 2014 were evidence that our offensive woes were behind us. Clearly this game showed that they aren't, and we don't have the defense this year that is going to be able to win games for us when the offense struggles. I agree that if you are optimistic about the rest of the year, you are basing it pretty much on faith.