I hate this narrative that was manipulated by Twitter nerds.
It takes away from what Adam Gase and Gregg Williams have done with a below average roster.
I'm glad that Sam Darnold stepped up and asked for some things to change, but Gase has done something you used to bring up a lot: made chicken salad from chicken excrement.
I don't think the narrative came from Twitter nerds. It came from the media.
But your point is valid and can't be overstated. Gase and Williams are doing an incredible job with a roster full of backups.
Regardless of whether we want to anoint Gase or not, whatever that means, it's pretty foolish to make concrete judgments after 8 games, 3 of which came with a quarterback who isn't even in the NFL anymore.
Gase could be a great coach here. Gase could be a shitty coach here. But the way the fan base completely turned on him at the first sign of trouble was embarrassing. If the were no injuries and Darnold were healthy, I would get it. But Bill Belichick wouldn't have won with the QB-OL combo we had.
FTR, I was against before he was hired, and every day since he got the job. It's not like I decided to hate him when they lost a few games.
That said, I'm in a bit of a holding pattern on my vitriol right now. I thought we'd at
best be competitive against Oakland. I never dreamed they could not only win but dominate. Now, I'm giving a bit of wait-and-see rope to this staff.