There was a time when many people heaped praise on Shula and I thought maybe that was too much sugar in the coffee. Now some are dumping on him like he's a failure. His track record shows he's done an average job in both 2025, (slightly above avg. against the run, and below avb. against the pass), and 2024. Everyone seems to agree that we have a weak pass defense and poor coverage by our LB corps (Troy Reeder is our baseline). It isn't a surprise that we're weak there.
I'm more optimistic than my friend 43 about next year. My goodness, we've had such a great run with McVay et. al., I'm not too down about everything because I know our team will be a top heavyweight contender next year. I expect us to again be in the final four barring any terrible events.
