(12-23-2024, 08:52 AM)Caldrac Wrote: (12-23-2024, 07:42 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: He had a great defense last year in Atlanta. That's what's so baffling about this. He seemed like a perfect hire.
And the offense? It's a complete failure. That is so hard to understand. We call a running play and THREE defenders get into the backfield before the runner has a chance. THREE. How does that happen? Are our players that bad? Is the play poorly designed? Are the coaches incompetent?
We try a WR screen, and the result is a 5-yard loss. Why? Why did we call that play? How was that play designed? How was it supposed to be executed? Why do we always have one guy miss his block? Why do we have a guy blocking before the receiver catches the ball? That's a penalty. Why? Why? Why?
When you have a total meltdown like we have had this season, it is so hard to understand what happened.
There is only one person who can fix this, and that is Shad Khan. He and Tony have to buckle down, educate themselves about running an NFL franchise, and get better at doing this. They have to realize, they are a failure. They have to harness their ambition, and their self-image, and do better at this.
At this point it's going to come down to the Khan family swallowing their pride and hiring someone that can do the job for them. They need an EVP. They were on the right track with Tom Coughlin. I know it may have soured quite a few people in that building 7 years ago, however, it did inject a change in the beginning and it may have made a difference.
They really do need to consider hiring a good football mind to oversee this franchise for them. To your point though, "Is it the coaches or the players?". It's a combination of both at this point. We're not getting things done from both perspectives with this franchise.
Hiring TC wasn't a bad concept, they just hired the wrong guy.
The league and all of its contemporary dynamics had long passed him by and it was just never going to work out.
It was easy for everyone to buy in because of what he means to this city and the franchise, but he wasn't the right hire.
The Khans have tried several approaches - and to their credit the careful variations of the hires were a noble effort.
They have just repeatedly hired the wrong guys. Not for lack of trying even if they held on to one regime way too long. My guess is they've learned from that by now. Fingers crossed on that.
I think an " EVP / GM / HC " traditional hierarchy would be a welcome change here.
No convolution of responsibility and accountability.
I'd be good with that.
The BIGGEST element is having those three guys like each others' football philosophy and genuinely trust one another to get it right. That's the lighting in a bottle that's so hard to catch. And there's no guarantee it doesn't fizzle out in a few years.
I'd also be fine with the Khans (along with the requisite help of a search committee like always) just hiring a quality GM who then leads their search for a quality HC.
So, the question becomes "would an EVP insure they hire a better GM and who would that EVP be?"
