he'se winning more games than he's losing and has a team everyone was counting out in a 75% statistical chance to make the playoffs right now
it doesnt even matter what happens in the playoffs themselves so much. making the playoffs was the #1 goal, because of how bad our draft positioning is because of the trey lance trade. we own no first, a second, and no third, the more games we win the better our second round pick and the more we get to **** over the other teams by giving them very late 1st and 3rd round picks in exchange for moving up in the last draft.
also it gets all the other guys on the team hyped and bought in because many of them get contract bonuses and/or extra monies for making the playoffs, and gets them bought into the idea that kyle shanahan still has a winning team/system
making the playoffs helps the team get looks from attractive free agents too.
if/when we make the playoffs all the haters need to admit they were wrong about needing to bench/cut/or trade jimmy g this season.