Hostile;3016971 said:
The point is, it is way too soon to write off any team unless they are 0-5. Even a 1-4 could have lightning strike and make a run. It isn't as likely.
I think people are too willing to jump ship when the waves get a little high. I'm no fan of Wade, and I think the job is way less than what I expected, but where is the fatal blow that shows this team is sunk after 5 weeks? I don't see it.
Not sure the question was "what do you think of the Cowboys chances?"
It was "What Kind of Job Do You Think Wade is Doing?"
Personally I think the team (and defense in particular) came out of camp poorly prepared. Tampa gashed us because they didn't know their blitz assignments, and the Giants had a field day because they weren't comfortable with our coverage schemes. The tackling has been poor all season, and yes I think the way Wade practices has a lot to do with that. On offense we are still way too confused before the snap, and have too many problems with blitz recognition. I know that is mostly on Jason, but again I think the team's overall practice habits have a lot to do with that too.
And this all coming out of the Training Camp that was supposed to be "different."
Not much else has changed from last year either, we still commit a zillion penalties, we still shoot ourselves in the foot with regularity, we still can hold a team down defensively for 3.5 quarters only to have them march the ball down our throats in the last two minutes when they need to. We still can't take the ball away to save our lives.
I will say the defense is improving week to week, but they should have come out of camp this way.
Overall I think the team is 3-2 because there is some talent here, and we've had a pretty favorable schedule to date. I do like the new offensive philosophy, for whatever input Wade had into that, and I do think we've gotten some bad bounces and some pretty crappy officiating. I thought this was a playoff team coming into the season, and I'm still holding out some hope there, but some of those lucky bounces need to start going our way in a hurry.
So overall, no I don't think Wade is doing a particularly good coaching job to date. That doesn't doom the team, nor am I packing in the season, but for all of the change we were promised this offseason this looks like a very similar version of last year's team just with less finger pointing. We'll go as far as the talent on the team takes us.
That said I'm not keen on firing mid-season either, at least until we are mathematically eliminated, as that would just be tanking the season. This isn't baseball.
(although I wouldn't cry over it either)
