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It really was painful. At critical times, the stupidity was unbearable to watch.
The question now is McVay good enough to change the dynamic of a longstanding inept organization. We are talking about a major paradigm shift.
Certainly Fisher was a huge anchor, but Demoff was correct when he said its a total organization failure.
Its a question of which force is stronger. McVay has a ton of energy and he gonna need every last ounce in this job.
There were years of understandable frustration in my old post. But one thing still rings true. McVay is the man from Nazareth. He is the single biggest reason for the seismic paradigm shift in organizational culture. A simply miraculous job by the phenom HC. He picked up a historically entrenched dysfunctional organization and turned it on its head. It was as if he waved a magic wand and turned a big pumpkin into a bright golden carriage.
McVay is a very good coach IMO but he's not the man from Nazareth. He has his flaws, and he's still developing.
What I think happened is, due to all of the frustration and years of losing, you overstated how bad things were.
A lot had already started to go right in 2012 with the Demoff, Snead, Fisher triumvirate. They had accumulated a ton of talent, that is not debatable.
They had made some pretty sound personnel decisions. Some missteps along the way in that regard but overall the decision making seemed to be good.
I don't believe the organization was dysfunctional at all; I maintained the entire time that Demoff and Snead are good at what they do and were part of the solution going forward. I think that's proven to be correct!
The culture visibly changed IMO because the team started winning. McVay is a special person, and besides being a great coach, he did bring a ton of energy, great communication, and an attitude that we were going to win.
However, I think his special attributes already fit in with Demoff and Snead's mindset. That's why they picked him.
Culture in an organization still starts at the top. That's a universal law that's not being violated here.
The single biggest, and really only thing, holding them back was Fisher. End of story.
All in my opinion of course....