(10-11-2021, 12:34 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Gus Bradley was awful from day 1, yet I never saw this level of vitriol.

I did discover one thing, Urban Meyer elicits very strong emotion in people.

Let me preface this by saying that I could be wrong on any one of these and if I am, I know I'll be corrected but:

Gus didn't break the off season rules resulting in losing multiple OTA practices next year along with a $100k fine for the Head Coach and a $200k fine for the team

Gus didn't fail to understand how free agency worked and the rules associated with it

Gus didn't hire an assistant coach who had been accused of racist and bullying methods

Gus didn't sign off on bringing in a former player who hadn't played in the league in over 8 years and had never played the position he was trying out for

Gus didn't split 1st team reps in training camp and the pre-season between a journeyman QB and someone who is widely considered to be a generational QB

Gus never failed to fly home with the team, let alone claim to be staying in another city to spend time with his grandchildren, only to be seen on video acting in a creepy and inappropriate manner with a college aged girl.  While I readily admit to never having been part of an NFL team or part of an NFL locker room, every single one of the ex players and ex coaches and current players that have talked about it, have stated unequivocally that not traveling home with the team is completely unheard of and it's just not done.  

Then we get to the other Urban issues like:

Not having the team prepared to play on the 1st play of the 1st game of the season.

Failing at free agency - not getting anyone that was among their top targets, when we had more cap space then just about any other team

Not having your 6'6" QB ready and able to run a QB sneak 5 games into the season - even though that QB said he's comfortable with the play and would have been fine running it

Having a 1st and goal from the 5 yd line in what was the most important moment of the game, and was also the most important moment of the season to date - and not even having your best offensive player in the game.  Not even calling a running play until 4th and goal.  Not even knowing if your best offensive player was dinged up or not, not over-ruling the OC to say, "put our best player in the game" - you know, the one that was shredding the Titans all day long.....

Not having a kicker that can make a FG or an extra point.  Allowing Lambo to try to work his issues out on the field during games, and then activating another kicker that doesn't have an NFL leg.  It's not like he missed it wide right or left - it was short.  SHORT.  What NFL kicker in this day and age doesn't have the leg to hit a 52 yd FG?  I'd venture to say we  might be the only team with one.  

Urban can't even answer questions post game about what happened - he constantly says he has to talk to Bevell or he has to ask Bevell about that.  Maybe he should be more involved so he actually knows what's going on during the games, and maybe even has some input?  Maybe he asks those questions sooner so he knows the answers?

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