Quote:I agree with almost all of this, which only one exception:  The probability of some to defend a bad coach will be rather high...  

 

I'm willing to give Olson a chance, as I've said many times since his hire.  He does have some upside, so there are things to be excited about.

 

The problem I sometimes notice, is even when the writing is on the wall, there is a knee-jerk reaction to defend the coach by some folks (which is one's right to do)...  

 

I think if Olson can develop BB5 and can create a scheme that best matches our talent at WR we'll be very happy with the hire.  I think Marrone fixing the O-Line and best using our RBs talent, we have a good chance of competing.

 

The thing which is always a huge contention are the discussion about when it's time to realize that a coach isn't doing his part...  We'll see what happens come September.  Hopefully we see drastic improvement, but I think we'll have a pretty good idea of what our offense is by Mid-October/Early November.

 

Untill then, if some folks have concerns about Olson, so be it.  It's not like they are pulling stuff out their rear ends.  Olson's record isn't pristine.  There's some good, a quite a bit of bad...  I'm hoping he's got enough experience and football knowledge to finally produce a championship caliber offense.  We have the talent at WR and RB (provided Gerhart and Shoelace are 100% healthy) to be a potent offense as long as the O-Line gets fixed.

 

This is actually a pretty sensible take.  People make pronouncements based on a perception and they haven't even acknowledged what the guy's history is.  I posted a message awhile ago along these lines.  The guy has a little bit of a mixed history but he has had successful seasons so it's not like it's outside of the realm of possibility for him to come here and be successful.  He's also thought of by people actually in the league to be a decent QB coach which is probably what Bortles needs most (second only to some improved pass protection). 

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