It's always the same, chicken or the egg, the players are bad, or the coach is bad.

In my vast NFL experience(armchair sarcasm) once those discussions start taking place for a couple of years, it's the coach as the primary problem,

the players a secondary problem. Some of these players are salvagable, but I don't see them progressing and that's

the coaches job. Also it's the coaches job to not only improve his players but to demand better players.

Someone today told JT Thomas to suit up. I hate to single out one guy but have to make my point.

A coach has to be strong enough to tell Dave this man is not an NFL player, get me somebody tomorrow.

A street free agent, a trade, some guy on a tractor that wants another year, but I cannot play this man.

 

NFL head coaching is not for everyone, they have to be tough, a pain to the GM, yet trustworthy to the GM, a teacher who can improve marginal talent until better comes along, a motivator to paid mercenaries, and definitely a fine strategist on game day. He must also be an outstanding evaluator of other coaches.

Gus might be a player motivator, "maybe", but the other skills he seems to lack.

 Maybe it was not a good idea to tie Gus and Dave together like has been presented, this team today is being run as a family, players love coach who loves Gm,who loves owner, and let's all dance in the locker room.

It's not working. It might work producing car bumpers, but Dave needs to Ream some Gus, and Gus needs to Ream some players and cut some players for non production. This is not a factory, a family, or a place to make friends.

It is the NFL, and the good ones, the parcells and the belicheks understand the ruthlessness needed.

Even Pete Carroll's good buddy routine is an act, underneath he will trade his mother for a Tackle, and publicly say it was so hard to do.

Gus is not a long term strategist, a ruthless pursuer of talent, a teacher, or a game day planner and executioner. I also question his judgment of other coaches on his staff.

He's a nice man who likes red bull and will make a fine motivational speaker.

Next please.

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