listen I know you hate him with a passion but you can not JUST blame him without giving him credit for the successful failure of last season...
it wasn't his fault that Fitzpatrick & Gailey's offense could NOT get it done against the Bills in the final game, matter of fact they had three games in the final four to win that one more game to get us into the playoffs...
can't give credit to one last year without also giving blame...
in the end the TEAM failed to make the playoffs not just Bowles...
I am not going to sit here and debate with everyone on why I believe this guy can be successful and with our team, when he (IF) he does it moving forward then you will see but I just have to be patient and wait for him to do it... First getting rid of the waste, old guys on the roster and turnover (complete the overhaul) they started when he got here...
To me, this is key. You cannot place blame for this year on Bowles without giving credit for last year. If you do, you're biased and disingenuous.
He deserves both credit for last year's 10-6 team and blame for this year's disaster.
The big concern I have is how awful Jets fans can be. For some, Bowles never had them, for one reason or another. Some hated him from the start, no matter what he did, based on them liking Rex, or some other factor they didn't like about Bowles. Others, he lost this year. He might win some (not all, but some) of them back next year, but only with about an 11-12 win season, and the team isn't built to do that. It's a work in progress. So if the Jets make progress next year, have a young QB show signs of developing into "The Guy," and a younger roster that has solid, if raw, talent, the media and the Bowles haters will join forces to ensure he is gone. That will only stall out the build mid-stream.