(04-01-2022, 03:57 AM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote:

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(03-31-2022, 07:17 PM)Newton Wrote: Agree that Byron is more than qualified. He should get his chance soon, and it sounded like he was very close this past cycle. Disagree that the Rooney rule is helpful.

In what world is Byron qualified? He's been an OC for two seasons with putrid offensive results.. and 2 seasons with Tom Brady who i'm pretty sure my 90 year old grandmother could be the OC for and be succesful and she dosen't even watch the NFL.

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In what world?

The real world.  The world where facts matter.

Did you examine the links?

Here's Leftwich's link again.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/c...ng_history

Keep in mind, he had two seasons with Tom Brady.  The year before his first with Brady, his QB was Jameis Winston.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/t...team_stats

In that season, withut Tom Brady, the Tampa offense ranked 1st in passing yards and 3rd in passing TDs and 3rd in scoring.

Given the career Brady had before coming to Tampa, he had enough clout that he could have made firing Leftwich a condition of him coming to Tampa or staying with Tampa more than a year or two.  But he did neither.  What Brady DID do was make his opinion on Leftwich clear.

https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/tom...very-clear

Quote:“It’s just a matter of time for different guys — and different opportunities come up,” the superstar QB said, per Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times. “Byron has been amazing for me to work with. I know he’ll have a lot of opportunities.”

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In contrast

Sean McVay's stints as offensive coordinator before becoming Rams head coach

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/c...hing_ranks

In his 3 years as Washington OC, the highest scoring ranking was 14th, 13th in TDs, and he had one season in the top ten in passing yards ranking 2nd.  His teams in Washington did not win or reach a Super Bowl.  I would love an explanation as to how McVay had proven definitively that he was head coaching material while Leftwich had more years and better results as an OC and abd has proven nothing.

I won't even bother with Zac Taylor, considering the one season Taylor had as an OC was at the college level.

Jon Gruden's best ranking in terms of points scored was 9th.

So again, how could you have no problem with their qualifications to be head coach when they had less coordinator experience and inferior results to Leftwich?

At what point does fact, experience, and merit actually factor into your evaluation?

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