Quote:Oh sure, if you only go by the ranking of the offenses he's coordinated, he's a failure I guess. I just try not to look at it that simplistically.

He's respected as a QB guru and he milked some good production out of Freeman in TB, made Harrington look almost serviceable for a year and helped Carr to the best rookie stats from a QB last season. I think Bortles has better upside than all of those guys.


If he does that with Bortles this year - it's conceivable that the team is sniffing at a .500 record. (Especially if Marrone can get that line somewhat functional and consistent.)

I don't think there would have been many complaints had he been hired as QB coach. Heck, I was genuinely excited when that was the rumor. Most could look past his Blaine Gabbert job and see the track record of success he's had previously.


Unfortunatley, he was hired to be a coordinator and there's lots more that goes into it than just improved qb play. All of those improved quarterbacks he had were still part of bad offenses.


It's realistic to expect only marginal gains on offense, even with improvement from Bortles. Most defend Olson by saying he's never had talent, but this offense isn't exactly brimming with talent either.

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