(10-06-2020, 02:49 PM)Minshew Mania Wrote:

(10-06-2020, 12:30 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: I thought that is why we moved all the "problem players" out of the building... to emphasize "team".  How's that been working out so far?  About the same way it has been working out in Houston after they traded away D-Hop for peanuts because he was a "problem".  O'Brien and Morrone are long-time buddies trying to do things the same way.... and getting the same results.

The approach isn't wrong, its the lackluster coaching and lack of talent. Football is a hard game to get around lack of talent due to all of the 1v1 matchups in any given play. You have to be a HOF level type coach to get creative enough, like Belicheck has done in the past with some pretty average defenses.

That being said the approach itself has led to stories like the Miracle on Ice. The difference is that US Hockey team had a HOFer coach.

We have Doug Moron and David Washes Dishes.

The approach is 100% wrong.  It is so wrong the only reference you could give me of it working was from a different sport 40+ years ago.  That is the exception, not the rule.

You need some "personalities" with talent, but to keep them, you need to build a strong culture where you can accept these personalities and direct them towards a common mission.  When you have 50+ guys on a team, they aren't all going to be choir boys. I do agree with you that DM and DC have not developed a strong culture whatsoever... every talented personality we have had here couldn't wait to leave.  Just another reason we need to move on from this entire regime after the season and clean house.

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