(09-25-2024, 06:48 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Does anyone have an opinion on hiring Mike Vrabel as HC? I floated this question in another thread but no response. I thought Strunk pulled the pin too soon.

Vrabel is basically Bill O'Brien. Both got canned for same reasons. If we hire Vrabel we have to give him full front office power. Vrabel being fired in Tennessee was due to him losing track of what his role was over there.  Vrabel got cocky in Tennessee and he felt entitled (from alot of sources that I had read last year) after they traded AJ Brown (awful decision) their GM got fired (it seemed as Vrabel was frustrated that they traded Brown, there was a presser before they traded him of Vrabel saying "Brown will be in this football team as long as I am an HC". From that point on, he felt that the owner should give him full roster control.

Vrabel got six years in Tennessee he pretty much peaked and collapsed due to his horrendeous hiring of his coordinators (especially on offense), and his failure to adapt to modern NFL offense.   


It's why you'll hear "O'Brien is a good coach, just not a good GM" and ignore the years of offensive struggles, backstage politics, and bizarre hiring/firings before that happened. They'll look at the stat line or remember Vrabel's one big playoff run and nothing else.

So no, Vrabel is not a good hire for Lawrence.

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