It's laughable reading over and over again people claiming last years results were due to coaching and turning around and blaming this years results on the players who by and large a year older and more experienced.
Let's just be honest. Constantly changing systems, terminology, and schemes will set even the most capable of players back. It's just spin suggesting SF's record will improve given time to recruit to his system and get it fully implemented, and on the other hand hammer MR who didn't get that time to fully implement his system. He was forced to accept a new DC and defense in his third season so back to square one even though it was year three. Up to now we've been more interested in getting our pound of flesh than biding our time and letting things develop. Hopefully that changes.