(12-02-2024, 03:48 PM)rpr52121 Wrote:

(12-02-2024, 02:26 PM)The_Franchise_QB Wrote: Unless we get a full reset and culture change, this team ain't doing [BLEEP]. This is one of the softest teams I've ever seen. I am still debating in my mind what is worse- the second half vs texans with zero passion/anger/energy or the 52-6 loss against Lions. The immediate response was great, but truly expected the defense to make some big hits, maybe an unnecessary roughness, a late hit out of bounds. Something? Anything. Don't believe Stroud was even touched in the second half. You can do things within the rules to retaliate without it being cheap shots where the intent is injury, which I'd never advocate for. We lack any sort of toughness and physicality from a football team. It's pretty sad tbh.

They definitely need that, but I honestly don't know what EVP/GM/HC option out there would provide that.

• Mike Vrabel, Vance Joseph, and Brian Flores would provide the toughness/grit and could turn around the defense, but they aren't the offensive guys to help fix Trev. They would need to know who their top 3 choices for OC would be and who they would target as OL/QB/WR coaches to have a pipeline in place once that OC would inevitably leave to be a HC.
  
• Jesse Minter is an interesting name but again he is a defensive guy plus he is raw and it is unclear how much of his success is due to Harbaugh.
  
• Monken, Coen, Brady and Johnson all seem more like X&O's schemers and come off as players coaches sort of like Mike McDaniel. Some were dropped into pre-built offensive squads like Monken and Coen so we don't really know how good they will be at creating/designing a squad here. For the others it is unclear how much influence guys like and Brady and Johnson had on roster construction and selection, though you could argue they have been great at identifying their players strengths and maximizing them. It also helps that many of these guys have top offensive lines. 
  
• Adam Stenavich is an interesting name with more a bully ball history, but how much does he really do under LaFleur with game planning, play calling, and team construction.
  
• Kingsbury is an absolute no for me. I've followed him since he was at UofH (my brothers college), A&M (my college), and Tech (my dad's college). Yes he can design a reasonable offensive fastball around his personnel to start a season, but he absolutely cannot design the necessary off speed pitches over the course of the season once he get scouted. It happens basically every season. His teams just have ceiling he cannot exceed.
  
• Bellicheck is over the hill and has a 3-4 year hard limit til he gets his record. Jags don't need a stop gap. They need a guy who can be here for a decade if things work out.
  

I guess they could go against grain and try a special teams guy. There are a number of extremely highly regarded guys around the league like Rich Bisaccia and Dave Toub. It is hard to evaluate them because they are pure culture guys, and you have heavily interview people who worked with them to truly understand their process and people skills. Plus even more than the defensive coaches above, they have to have the top 3 choices and pipeline plan in place for both DC and OC.