His results are the exact same as 96.875% of the league.
The one and only reason to play the season is to win a Super Bowl. Nothing else matters. There are no prizes for making the playoffs, only negatives (lower drafting spot).
It's Super Bowl or bust.
So far, McBeane has busted.
I completely agree and this is why I visit the forum of a new signing previous team to get an inside look at how that player really is.
No one knows a players skills, flaws, annoyances, etc more intimately than the fans of the team that he has thrilled/bothered for the past however many years.
When you visit a forum and the general feeling is "thank goodness X player is gone", I know it's likely not going to be good. But when you visit their forum and the general consensus is "bummer, really wish we could have kept him", I start to feel really good about what we got.