Quote:Agreed.  He had a tendency to mishandle situations, and he had a real issue with players who stepped up and tried to be leaders. 

 

The QB situation was just one example of how he just never got a handle on how to manage personnel. 

 

Wasn't it Deon Grant who wound up in his doghouse for stepping up in the locker room during a halftime break when the team was struggling? 

 

Jack's ego and his affection for being considered a riverboat gambler type undermined any good football instinct he had.  He was and still is far better suited to be a coordinator than a head coach.  Now, maybe with time he'll learn from his mistakes.  The guy had a good football mind.

 

And Jack was also schitzo in that respect (your last sentence)......because, while he always liked to gamble on 4th down.....he also was in favor of some of the most conservative styles of play on both offense and defense. Jack's dream was winning every game 9-3, with 250 yards rushing and 100 passing. 

 

His rhetoric was always about how he wanted aggressive, wide open offense (remember his "no more 3 yards and a cloud of dust" comments??) But it was pretty much a bold faced lie, because thats exactly the kind of game that he liked. Actions spoke louder than words. 

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