[washingtonismoney]

In what sense is that unfounded? I know taking over as an interim coach is a nontrivial task, but we had a decent sample of results from him last year and it was subpar (I believe an analysis we did concluded that the team was actually better under Sark). Could he turn it around now that it's his team? Sure, but I think operating with a fairly strong prior that he's not actually very good is reasonable.

Unfounded might be strong, but six games with Sarkisian's staff is more suggestive than definitive IMO. Pendergast should be an upgrade on Wilcox, which is the most major change.But you're right that the games under Helton's watch were not exactly stellar.

To put it another way, I feel there are good reasons to be suspicious but not to be convicting him.

[washingtonismoney]

In what sense is that unfounded? I know taking over as an interim coach is a nontrivial task, but we had a decent sample of results from him last year and it was subpar (I believe an analysis we did concluded that the team was actually better under Sark). Could he turn it around now that it's his team? Sure, but I think operating with a fairly strong prior that he's not actually very good is reasonable.

Unfounded might be strong, but six games with Sarkisian's staff is more suggestive than definitive IMO. Pendergast should be an upgrade on Wilcox, which is the most major change.But you're right that the games under Helton's watch were not exactly stellar.

To put it another way, I feel there are good reasons to be suspicious but not to be convicting him.