(09-20-2021, 10:28 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(09-20-2021, 02:47 AM)JagFan81 Wrote: We have seen plenty of career college coaches not able to make that jump to the NFL and Meyer is certainly walking that same path right now. Hes had success at the college level so hes shown he can win but this is going to be a multiple year project and we need to hit on every FA and draft pick. Thats a really big ask.

The one question i keep having is why did he take this job? (Other than the $12m a year). He had been in a studio for 3 years, had a good reputation at the college level and decided to coach us. Had he watched this team last year? Did he think he could just walk in and coach us to 10 wins? Is it coaching Lawrence? Had he been spending that 3 years learning how they do it in the NFL or did he think his college blueprint would just transfer over? Are we the only NFL team that's offered him a job?

Its a catch 22. We need him to be the guy that turns us around or this is another wasted season or 2 but its been a rough start and hard to see what we have been working on the last 3 months.

I said before the season i wasn't his biggest fan but id give him 5 games to show he is working on those mistakes. 2 down and Arizona followed by a TNF game. Doesn't get any easier.

W/R/T the first two paragraphs, I think there is a big difference between hiring an up-and-coming college coach (Look at Rhule and Kingsbury recently) versus hiring the established guy looking to try something new (Spurrier, Kelly, Urban).

The established coaches are motivated by seeing if they can replicate the success they had at the other level, but often have spent so much time at the other level that they fail to adapt. I think there's something in the back of those coaches' minds that questions whether their success was a result of their skill, or if they just landed in a perfect position at just the right time. It's not to say a seasoned college coach can't level up and find success, but I think there's a steep climb to overcome the combination of expectation, ego, and willingness to change.

In College you can get away with just recruiting better guys than your opponent.

In the NFL, it's an equal playing field, and the X's and O's actually matter. The work, the grind, all of that matters. He just doesn't have what it takes to be that kind of coach. Hell, even Nick Saban couldn't do it and he's both recruiter and X's and O's. It's just not as easy as they think it is.

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