Quote:Good points all around.

 

I agree that from his comments, Gus isn't upset with the coaches.  But shouldn't he be?  

 

Regarding Brown''s drops, in another post I mentioned Hurns' dropped TD.  I would categorize a drop as a mental mistake, wouldn't you?

 

I guess Gus doesn't think a drop is a mental mistake?  

 

Do you consider a drop a mental mistake?

 

I don't think Gus should be singling out Sullivan. Sullivan's track record speaks for itself; he took Shorts from "complete draft bust" to contributor. He took Mike Brown from QB to decent enough 5th WR. He took Taylor and made him competitive. Its tough to judge the rest because a lot of them were young and bursting with potential when Sullivan got here, but, I have no reason to believe Sullivan is the issue.

 

As far as what I would consider a mental mistake, I definitely think dropping the ball is partially a mental mistake. I think part of it is technique too though. It may vary as to which I think is more important based on who it is receiving the ball (I think Hurns, a guy who's played WR for a significant number of years, dropping a wide open TD is more of a mental mistake, whereas Brown, a QB up until 3 years ago, dropping a pass that's up at his head, in traffic, is partially mental but also goes to his technique and general ability to catch the ball.). Which only goes to further my point; if Gus was mad at the coaching, he wouldn't be singling out everyone but the one with the least experience at catching the ball, who isn't catching the ball. It sounds more like he's upset with the lining up and route running. If he was upset with the drops, Brown's name would have to be there. I think catching falls more on Sullivan than knowing the playbook. The lack of disappointment/anger/whatever Gus is showing towards Brown for not being able to catch the ball, I think is significantly more indicting of the 3 WR's mentioned than Sullivan's ability to coach them.

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