(12-26-2020, 09:46 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(12-26-2020, 09:11 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: I don't think the GM was the cause of the problems with guys like Allen and Chaisson. Having coaches that don't really understand defense, but instead just know how to run a system someone else thought up is the problem. Great coaches figure out how to get people into position to succeed, bad (for the NFL level) coaches just have a system they run, and if the player doesn't fit they put them in the wrong place and then declare the player the problem because they can't be the guy that the original coach had in that spot to make that system work when the original coach invented the scheme.

It's why I've been a big proponent of churning coaches, like GM's usually churn the bottom of the roster, until you find one that's actually competent. I really think most coaches in the nfl aren't much better than a well informed fan with a good understanding of the rules would be, they're just part of the insular big money group that keeps things in the family, which is the NFL.

If you really think a well informed fan is as good as an NFL coach, you are delusional.  That idea is so far off base it's ridiculous.

I didn't say they're the same, just that the difference isn't as large as you seem to think it is.

I honestly think the most important part to being a decent NFL level coach is the desire to work at football. Clearly the real fans have it.

Do you really think given a bit of time you couldn't learn to run the same plays a guy like Wash calls? The plays were thought up by someone else, the drills were thought up by someone else, the schedule is dictated by the league. Do you really think guys like Marrone and wash are some sort of intellectuals?

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