If you don't think it's harder for a first year head coach to come in and put his program and get his player on the same page in a year where he doesn't have OTAs, preseason, etc., I can't help ya. For the record, there are 5 first year head coaches this year. 4 or them lost and the last one, Ron Rivera, should have lost if Doug Pedersen knew how to coach with a 17 point lead. And I don't fault him for going for it on fourth down after ten years of Garrett being ultra-conservative. I think this team will be much better as the season goes on, especially after we get Randy Gregorry and all the injured players back