I cannot root for them to lose. Just can't.
I think it's absurd to pretend that losing will improve anything. Better draft pick? Jerry's the one making it. Firing Garret? Guess who picks the next guy?
Jerry's not going to change. He's just not. Could things deteriorate so drastically that there is actually a financial incentive (like the stadium) for him to act differently? Possibly, but that's a lot of losing away from here. And even then, there are no guarantees. Last time we got a past-his-prime Parcells looking to make a money grab who drafted Terrance Newman with his first pick. No question he ultimately assembled a talented team, but he was unable to translate that talent into meaningful results on the field, and when it seemed that the team was poised to break out, he decided he had enough money and walked away.
Did that make up for the Switzer absurdity, the Gailey mediocrity, and the Campo misery?
Ah, no.
So I remain unconvinced that the next puppet or mercenary looking for a Jerry payday will be any sort of salvation. We have 17 years, 10 QBs, 6 head coaches, and literally hundreds of draft picks and free agents that are evidence to the contrary.
Root for them to lose? For Jerry to exercise some more of his decision-making?
Thanks, no.