Quote:Completely ineffective? The positive, competitive atmosphere that Gus has set up has allowed several players to develop considerably including the Allen brothers, Bortles, Telvin and Colvin.

 

Actually that seems to be more due to what was brought in along with the positional coach in the case of the WRs and QB. Under Fisch Bortles didn't show a ton of growth, we could all see his potential, but it wasn't being used correctly at all, and he wasn't showing great progression. Hurns and Robinson came in and were successful right off the bat with Hurns coming from the back of the roster to succeed in spite of the coaching staff's inability to see his ability early on, and Robinson missed almost the whole offseason as a rookie and showed success early on anyway. Colvin showed good traits as soon as he came onto the field.

 

The upshot? Jerry Sullivan has done good things as he's been known to do to help mold some rare pieces of clay into masterpieces and Olson/Hackett have done a good job polishing a diamond in the rough with Bortles, but I don't see how you credit Gus with those things, he didn't hire Jerry, and while he did hire Olson, it's probably the only great move I can remember out of him since he's been here. His Blind squirrel finds the nut moment, so to speak. None of which actually speaks to Gus's abilities at developing players for his scheme. Like I said, bring him guys that are already ready to go for his scheme, as Colvin appears to have been, House too, or bring him some excuses.

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