Quote:Nope sorry, that doesn't wash.  The coaches can coach but they can't change a player's experience level.  That only comes with time. Hey, if Bortles was playing against all rookie defenses all the time he would look like a world beater *regardless* of who the defensive coordinators were, but he's not.  He's playing against experienced, veteran defenses in most cases.  Jags are the youngest offense in the league and may be the youngest starting offense in history although I'd have to research that.  I know they have more starting rookies than anyone's had in a long time.

 

It's Jimmy's and Joe's, not X's and O's.

 

OK, friend...  

 

Let me re-quote what you said, "coaches in the NFL are pretty smart and they can figure out what a player likes to do and what they're not so good at pretty quickly and so they started to compensate for that."

 

You say Player's not Plays, yet you just conceded that coaches are doing a better job against us after they have more tape on our player's tendancies.  Again, this is a logic fail and is contradictory to your Ketchman-like dogma that you hold so dearly.

 

Look, if you want to maintian your philosophy and hold it as gospel, that's fine.  But realize that most of us can recognize that you've closed yourself off from objective analysis.  You yourself have stated that coaching has allowed other teams to adapt thier game plans, yet you cannot bring yourself to admit it.  

 

Just like in life, nothing is so absolute as you wish it to be.  Fighting against it only shows your lack of intellectual honesty and self awareness.

 

But to each their own I guess.  Trust me on this one, it's the players, and it's the plays.  It's Jimmy's and Joes AND X's and O's

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