Sure there is, IF there's a plan behind it.... Many people could see their way to giving a 1st time coach, and GM some leeway in the W-L department.
What they won't forgive, is mortgaging the future for a high draft pick, and then sucking anyway... It shows that you make bad decisions, have absolutely no
plan, and are completely out of your depth in your field of choice... Tanking last year, and putting yourself in a great position to draft the QB of the future
WITHOUT trading a chunk of that future away wouldn't be unwise.