Actually, I'm assuming people like him because he is winning.
Why bench Holcomb? Because we have lost the last two games. Those losses include one to a very mediocre Oakland team. The question isn't why bench Holcomb, but why leave him in?
After the last two weeks do you really believe this team is going to go to the playoffs? And even if the rest of the division craps out and we squeak in, do you really think we do any damage in the playoffs?
This team has had a VERY easy schedule the last 4 games (No, NE is not the same team anymore), and they came out of it 2-2.