My issue with The Low's comments were not directed at "not drinking the kool-aid." One of the things I like best about him as a poster is that he doesn't just toe the party line. And I think dissent is healthy.

My problem was that he immediately scapegoats Flip every time (both times) we lose (he did so at halftime of the Boston game as well). If you follow his comments to their logical conclusion, when the P's lost last year it must have been the players' fault (since he stated that he didn't disagree with LB's coaching) but when we lose this year it's Flip's fault. That really is inconsistent.

The fact is that both coaches have their pluses and minuses. LB was clearly a superior defensive coach but his offense left something to be desired. Flip is offensively extremely strong but just so-so on the other side of the ball.

It's fine to say we need to defend better (although I don't agree that was the problem in the Washington game). However, it would be nice if he acknowledged that there is no way we put up 108 on Philly, 111 on Phoenix, 117 on Toronto, and 114 on Denver with LB running the team. Credit where credit is due is all I ask.

The Low I think has fallen into a trap. He came into the year expecting Flip to flop (he said as much on the DetNews forum last year). So all of his evaluations of the team this year are a function of that prism through which he is looking. When the team does poorly he says "I told you so" while selectively filtering out anything positive that might contradict his preconceived notion that the team this year will be worse with Flip as coach.

All I am asking is an objective assessment rather than one that was predetermined before the season started, and consistency in recognizing the improvements over last year's system as well as the areas that we still need to work on.