Posted on 01/08/2024 9:24:28 AM PST by Rummyfan
Yes, hiring a new coach will not change the ‘culture’ of the locker room.
It’s not the talent on the sideline, it’s the talent on the field..................
Based on Bill’s statements last night the new hypothesis is that he is NOT going to quit. He will make Kraft fire him and pay out his contract next year. So, Bill stated he would be willing to make changes to the structure of the Patriots.
While Bill has been a great defensive head coach, he has never been a good offensive coordinator. He was always of the mind that defenses win championships. Which was the case up until the last ten years. After the Ravens win in 2013. Since then it has been offense first. Defense second. All the penalties go against the defense for hitting the offensive players too hard.
Also, Bill’s record of picking and developing rookie offensive players SUCKS. Even when Brady was QB it was horrible. With the exception of Gronk. The most valuable players on the team are now the QB, offensive line and offensive receivers.
Bill’s one other area that he has always been better than average is Special Teams. However, Matthew Slater(maybe the best ST player since Steve Tasker) retired yesterday. Slater was selected in the 2008 draft. He spent his entire career at New England. He was the ST Captain.
IF Bill/Kraft come to an agreement for next year he will most likely not be the GM anymore or in charge of drafting players.
Doug Pederson turned around the Jaguars. Of course he has a great QB to work with in Trevor Lawrence. The Panthers’ Bryce Young.... it’s too early to give up on him and someone will be more than willing to give it a try. Moribund franchises like Washington and Chicago and Arizona.... someone will jump at the opportunity to make a name for himself by turning things around there.
There was a big cultural change in Detroit that included hiring Campbell. They finally seem to have gotten themselves off of the “hire a bad GM, fire their first coach 2 years later, fire the coach and GM 2 years after that, hire another bad GM” cycle. There’s new ownership in Washington so maybe they’re just going for a fresh start. But Rivera regularly gets more wins than the talent on the roster should expect. Which is really the only way to judge. I’m hoping the Chargers pick him up, they actually have a good roster and were definitely underperforming under Staley.
That's the rumor, and that's if Bill agrees to giving up that power.
And picking up David Montgomery shows that he/they are looking at culture guys. He’s a good humble man - who is very talented.
But the Jags are also showing you need more than the QB. They ran out of steam down the stretch. Bryce Young might have something, but the rest of the team are scrubs, he won’t have any success in Carolina, hopefully he lands somewhere good. Lots of people jump at the chance, and you can’t blame them, there’s only 32 jobs and even in a heavy turnover year only 1/3 of them come open. But it’s so rare to actually manage to turn one around. So much goes into a team being terrible, and the coach is actually a small part of that. 9 coaching firings out of 10 it should really be the GM. But coaches are more visible. I often wonder if GMs had to do post game interviews and face questions like “how do you expect the passing game to work with this receiving core” instead of the coach being unable to say “well, the roster stinks” if GMs would be fired more.
Yeah, the Lions finally got away from “shiny object” player selection and started looking for character. Hopefully they get some success and stick to it. I always like when historically bad teams turn it around, it’s fun.
I think (hope) you are right.
Ron Rivera, though, is a wokester, so good riddance.
Belichick just hasn’t found another QB. He has a stellar D, and this year they will have draft position to drool over. If he goes, there will be a place to land I have no doubt.
Not that many, but quite a few.
Belichick needs a true O coordinator. Josh McDaniels has failed at HC, and is not likely to ever be one again. He had great success at NE.
Well, I know one coach who is 100% secure: Matt LaFleur!
And a team of youngsters just entering their prime.
LOVE ly.
Ryan Leaf set the Chargers franchise back five years.
“Why- players and coaches under contract are never fired?? and he signed the deal long before the 2023 season which was i believe a two year extension”
Not coaches with his pedigree. He’ll stay there as long as he wants and based on his comments after the last game, I think he’s staying.
He’s 71YO. He’s gone in reverse since Brady left. Kraft’s son doesn’t like or want him.
Best case scenario is he’s a consultant for the Pats next year. He won’t be on the sidelines
Belichick has been calling all the shots and has been the defacto GM for 15 years now- all of them- from drafting players, to signing FA’s to nixing FA’s the rest of the staff wanted. It was good while it worked but its been overreach the past few years.
The rumors this morning on Boston sports radio were the Pats were talking to Josh McDanials to come back as offensive coordinator and possibly GM.
LOL- that’s got to be a joke. McDaniels as GM?? Talk about a death wish. Who is going to be the HC then?
Bill would still be the head coach. McDaniels Offensive Coordinator. Then either bring someone else in as GM and in charge of drafting players. I might have misunderstood as McDaniels as GM.
The other info that came out yesterday is that it is now obvious that Bill did NOT want to draft Mac Jones. That he did not support him at all and did not want to take any blame for Jones failure. Even though Bill made their former defensive coordinator in charge of the offense.
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