John Mara has a terribly difficult task on his hands, and the truth is that parting ways with his coach and his general manager might well be the easiest thing he may have to do — if he chooses even to do that. It has long been the Mara Way to seek and savor stability, and that has more often than not been the right way, too.
Just not now.
Now, he needs a blowtorch to rectify what ails his team.