(01-14-2019, 02:38 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(01-14-2019, 02:32 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Isn't it also true that good coaches can have bad players?

So how does the typical fan distinguish between the bad coach with good players and the good coach with bad players?

Of course. 

That's why it's important to use context. Just think of the Jaguars coaches fired from this year.  

 Think it's fair to say Pat Flaherty did a pretty good job last year right? Started two backup caliber guards + a rookie LT and still made a good line work.

This year he was fired despite being forced to play 3rd/4th stringers across the line. A typical fan would probably see the lines poor performance wasn't exactly due to bad coaching was it?

We don't actually know why he was fired, though. 

Given Marrone's background, and Flaherty being one of TC's guys ostensibly, Marrone may have simply wanted a coach for his o-line that he saw eye to eye with fundamentally.  Perhaps he and Flaherty weren't a good fit. 
Who knows?  We can't assume an injury riddled line's bad performance is the only reason he's gone.

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