fairviewfarmer
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Marinelli should have retired 6 years ago. jmo.
And if you think they're all to the same degree, you're not paying attention. Or more accurately, you're practicing willful ignorance. You can decide which.
5 years ago? You're reaching for one game from 5 years ago which featured a player who - despite the foo-field stuff - was one of the game's top pass rushers? Quite a reach all around.
Yes, thankfully it does.
The anchors weighing down this team have finally been thrown overboard.
Willful ignorance is fine. Life is too busy lately for me to obsess like I used to.
It was an example of them scheming for an opponent. It's not a reach, it's a reality.
Wish I could share in your optimism.
Why don't you?
Marinelli should have retired 6 years ago. jmo.
Over a decade of evidence of that.
The gift of gab. An excellent salesman. He knew all the words to say, but none of the things to do.
Jerry had a vision in his head, where he would eventually be 'right' and have his 'coach for life', and he stubbornly stuck with it and made any and every excuse he could for it, right until the end.
Even after the 2019 debacle, Jerry still tried to find a way to keep Garrett around. No matter how it works out on the field, we should be forever grateful for Mike McCarthy for one thing, if nothing else. His interest in the job ended the Garrett era.
I don't think McCarthy is necessarily an upgrade. If the goal is to win a championship, I have a hard time believing he'll be the first coach to ever do it with 2 different franchises. I think his prior success had more to do with Rodgers than anything else.
The two playoff losses against GB were close and arguably decided by a couple plays- Dez's catch and Byron's boneheaded mistake. It's not like GB outcoached DAL in those games.
I don't think McCarthy is necessarily an upgrade.
Players, culture, and Richard. Defense steadily improved each year until Richard showed up.
He’s shown he’s good enough to win one. Garrett never showed he was worthy of the job Jerry gifted him.
I think McCarthy had lesser teams (Rodgers notwithstanding) that were better prepared. If the Cowboys were, those games aren’t decided by those two plays anyway.
Byron Jones would still be a safety if Richard wasn’t hired.
Marinelli was here 7 seasons and the philosophy for that entire time was the problem.
Took McCarthy 2 seconds to realize DT here was a joke or else we’d be looking at Woods and Hill and a few other scrubs wondering why the D sucks as usual!
All while still blaming the secondary or just the safeties like the actual DC had nothing to do with those things.
Strictly in charge of the DL apparently?
Just another thing to add to the crap! Marinelli and his defense were pure garbage!
Meh. We'll see.
This highlights a mindset I see a lot. It's weird to me how fans generally agree that Jerry sucks as a GM yet tout the talent on the team. It's like they've adopted his POV about physically gifted athletes over smart players.
I think the team is heavy on dumb players, hence what we've seen the last few years.
Is that not accurate? Did one not succeed in winning a Championship while the other failed to do so?
Or in my case, we see talented players who have proven to be so, vs a head coach who NEVER DID. The NFL world knows how talented those players are, and they say as much, they're never saying the same thing about those coach
And why do you think they're "dumb players"?
Because they're not prepared well enough by their coaches?
Or random luck in assembling dummies?
Didn't say it was inaccurate. Just said we'll see what happens.
Define, "the NFL world." Marinelli is highly respected from everything I've seen. Even Garrett has been praised.
Also, define, "talented players." Vince Young was unstoppable in college. Gifted athletes excel against future accountants. Great measurables don't always equate to great talent. Maybe give some examples of guys who are supposed to be better than what they've shown.
Their play on the field.
Are you saying you've never met an idiot who couldn't be helped? Your position seems to abdicate players of their responsibility.
I alluded to it earlier with, "culture." Putting a premium on physical attributes over intelligence has gotten us here. I didn't think this was that controversial.
NFL media.
I'll give examples of guys who've shown to be great at the NFL level.
Vs a coach gifted a job he never deserved.
That's clearly the guy you're trying to make excuses for here.
Under the proven failed former coaching staff.
Yours the coaching.
It's amazing the lengths you'll try to go to absolve those loser coaches.
TJ Watt was the obvious pick over Taco Charlton’s lazy scUM ***.