Also, the coaches he hired were not effective, to say the least. That's a very important part of the equation.
I mean if we REALLY want to go down that conspiracy road there one could point out the absolutely overwhelming likelihood of 2024 being a reality failure heading into last season. A season that we all agreed going in was about as hot seat as it can possibly get for a GM. Just because that wasn't as clearly obvious to everybody insisting on guzzling down the koolaid, until of course way after-the-fact, doesn't mean Joe D himself didn't see it coming. Especially with a front row and cameras off seat to the behind the scenes aspects like having a complete joke of an OC Nathaniel Hackett at the head of your team's offensive projection hopes.
