Unfortunately, it seems your opinion of Ryan's work second time around centers around you buying into last season's somewhat success even though there were glaring reasons not to believe that the talent on the team could repeat what was really a flukey (and wonderful) season. Many fans did. Pohlad said he and Ryan did and Pohlad said he still thinks there was no problem with that line of thinking. For me, the fact that Ryan believed that, with all the signs saying other-wise, was reason enough to fire him (even before taking into account some questionable moves and poor roster construction).