I am on board with another year of Kubiak regardless of how the second half turns out. Head coaching changes tend to create more problems than they solve; unless you have an incompetent coach, stability in systems is preferable. I think we've built a very nice offense and have the foundations for what can grow into a dominant defense as the key players mature and some of the positively gaping holes are plugged. I was worried going into this year that fan expectations would doom Kubiak - I think our team continues to move in the right direction, but I didn't think we were near as far along as some here did. Combine that with a rough early schedule and Dunta's injury and I didn't think we had much of a hope of the playoff talk that I was hearing.
But I still think this team is headed in the right direction and that another good draft could push us over the top. If Kubiak is fired, I think we enter another rebuilding period with new philosophies that will likely set back our growth curve. I wasn't much of a Kubiak fan when we hired him; I openly hoped we'd look elsewhere even when it was apparent we had our sights set on him. I was wrong. He's built a dynamic offense up from scratch and we have several young standouts on D, we just need to continue to fill holes on that side of the ball. Kubiak's a solid coach and definitely one I believe we can win with if we keep on this track. I just don't think there will be that much winning this year.
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