And having someone like Kotite at the helm...not exactly the guy you'd want helping a grieving teamBrian wolf wrote:Looking back, they may have given up on Randall Cunningham to soon but Randall's confidence didnt seem to be there. I still believe that the team had a difficult time handling Jerome Browns' death and some players like White, Cunningham, Joyner, Allen and others, needed a change of scenery. In defense of Ricky Watters, the Eagles got slighty better at the offensive line but never enough to take full advantage of his skills. Charlie Garner really was a great change of pace however, and with Gruden getting better as a coach, he would bring in Garner to help the Raiders later ...
An underrated player in those years was LB William Thomas, who had an excellent career despite only making two PBs. He was in on alot of tackles and had 27 interceptions with two returned for TDs, and another one in the playoffs as well.
I remember being surprised at how quickly GB got rid of Rhodes for Mike Sherman. One 8-8 season and that's it. Though he definitely did underachieve.
Mike Sherman comes in, goes 44-20 in four seasons, they win some playoff games but nothing more...then one 4-12 campaign and they fire him. And he's never gotten an NFL head coaching job since which I have sort of found odd. Like Jim Caldwell today (who by now has age working against him)