Quote:Which is what all of this always comes down to.

 

Some people appraise Bradley as a failure already because it's quite clear he's not a guy who gets something more out of players. If he were then the quality of the roster wouldn't have such a dramatic impact.

 

Then some people believe that it's always players and that coaching essentially can never make the players on the roster better.

 

It's hard to say which is right. Either coaching doesn't matter for the most part and keeping Bradley is fine or coaching does matter and we have a mediocre at best head coach.

 

Either way it's a disconcerting situation.

It is, and the new CBA, which limits the amount of offseason contact teams can have with players, can exacerbate the plight, possibly lengthening development times.

 

I think coaching plays a huge role in player development.

 

But I think they have to be given the talent and the time to develop those players.  As a general rule, I don't think Bradley has been given enough of either.

 

I think Cyprien hasn't been as consistent and hasn't made the quantum leap as we had hoped.  I think Joeckel hasn't shown much at LT  Those are arguments against Bradley as developer of talent.

 

However, even Cecil Shorts made a quantum leap at WR under Sullivan.  I think the rookie WRs are each more talented than Shorts, and can make similar strides, which should make Bortles better.

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