I'll be pulling for them like I always do, but I have pretty mediocre expectations.
Without seeing anything else they do from a coach hiring, free agency and draft perspective, I think 7-10 or 6-11 is probably what we are looking at.
Of course they didn’t seriously look at anyone outside of their own building. Of course they chose a new HC that no other team in the Universe was considering. They saved a bunch of money doing it that way too. They shopped for a Head Coach like the rest of us shop for auto insurance.
They...
It wasnt a surprise, WTF
It was deliberate. Literally the first thing they did is turn off energy production, which started a massive chain reaction that all Demonrats and deep staters wanted.
If it's true that hiring Schottenheimer ensured that Zimmer wasn't returning as DC (as rumored) then that's an initial +1 for the Schottenheimer hire in my book.