What grade do you give our head coach for this season?

I've gotta say what I feel and I know I'll be smacked around for this, but I really think there is some truth in it. I feel like this season was a sacrificial season to the extent they (FO and coaches) can get away with it. In baseball, it's OK, and even expected, to suck for a period of time to get better players for the long run (see the Chicago Cubs); but in football, it's verboten. There are ways, however, to "not try so hard". Some of those ways might be:

1. Not spend all your available cap space in a FA period and save it to allow it to carry over to next year 

2.  Not be as dynamic in game planning and or play calling

3.  Maybe not TRYING to lose on game day, but maybe not trying so hard to win.

4.  Maybe like not putting your best people out there at any given time

5.  Maybe like putting guys on IR that could potentially play in a few weeks, but what does it hurt to just shut them down now.

There are ways to "not try so hard" without actually trying to lose, and if upper management is fine with that, then you wont get fired at the end of the season, right?  Hmmm?  Interesting right?  Different rules for different sports?  SO what do we end up with?  We end up with a losing season that really doesn't matter because we wouldn't have made the playoffs even if everyone had stayed healthy, but we do end up with a top 3 pick in each round of the draft and a shitload of money and cap space for FA.  By losing this badly, we can potentially turn the ship around a lot faster than if we had ended up 8-8.