I like McDermott and appreciate that he has been the purveyor of turning this organization around. However I think he's just taken us as far as he could, we're on the downward and we missed our peak with him at the helm.
His inability to fully understand offense and make good decisions with personnel and coaches has always been his weakness. I'd call it largely a failure. More recently his brand of defense is exposed.
His greatest asset is his ability to bring people together and get them to play and care about each other. We all know he preaches self development. He believes in doing the same things, just do them better. He's a toughness coach, beat the man in front of you. It feels like that message is fractured and I think he'll have to coach his way to gaining the players respect back. I think he'll fail and the team will fray.
He's not a strategist. X's and O's aren't his strong suit.