Everybody knew it too. Hell I knew it after the 1983 season. He was an amazing HC and clearly an even better man, but the game had passed him by. We had an awful 1984 and then the kinda flukey 1985 season where we won the division (3 way tie) but also had several embarrassing blowout losses and then a complete flub in the postseason. 86 was a dumpster fire after White got hurt (who was surprisingly playing ok), 87 was bad, 88 was a train wreck. They waited several yrs too long and kept Gil Brandt in his role far too long as well. His drafts from 78-87 were just as inept as it got. His last draft (88) was by far his best in a decade.