It's all a machine effort though. The head coach has a list given to him, he doesn't "fantasy football" a team out of thin air. So, what can they do with a list that is given to them (and taken away in a heartbeat - e.g. Hogan now absent), where a huge part of the machine is out of their control. A lot of the the staff (e.g. s&c) don't report to the head coach and a team has a legacy of the prior decades list management affecting this years chances.
If you're going to get a senior coaching gig then taking over a team that has been near the bottom for 4 straight years is a great time to do so.
Off the top of my head Pavlich, McPharlin and Hill were the only early picks in our 2013 GF team. Longmuire inherits a list with around ten first round picks, all with scope for improvement. The amount of injuries, especially to talls, is a concern but apart from that it's a great job to get.