Good post. Appreciate the work. And I think you’re touching on something that has given me some hope despite the last 27 consecutive seasons. Having a head coach who is in charge of his players, makes what he expects from them clear, and is allowed to “hard coach“ them up gives us a chance to get relevant come playoff time. Mike McCarthy is the best coach we’ve had since the Tuna.
Interesting take. You could go a stage further, do you start with the QB or OC/HC, do you play the game which suits the QB or the OC's playbook design. Lets be fair a lot of us would say the MM WCO better suits Dak's game/aptitude rather than the complex scheme that KM developed where schemes HOPEFULLY designed someone open and Dak would/could got through the progressions (sometimes a couple of times) before's there's separation.
Exactly. My post is the same if ya scroll up a few. Spot on.
he tried to hide it, it fell short. Marino never won a sb and hes elite and his HC was one of the best,, best comp is that duo with Dak and all coaches. Takes team to win Elway needed a run game in TD TD shoed up in the payoffs, wasnt he a sb mvp, to put him over the top we do not have a run game in any of the 3 playoff losses. Facts OL/RUN game goes MIA against the best defenses, thats why Moore and most of the offensive staff was released. they aren't Getting it done and it effects qb play..
Well, McCarthy’s proven record over his career deserves much more credit than Prescott’s.
The OC wasn't THE problem. But he was A problem. He was a problem that could easily be eliminated (at least when compared to moving on from Dak). His game plan was too simplistic in big games and was a contributor to the offense failing in the playoffs the last 2 season.
I wonder if we classify both coach and qb as "elite" due to their pairing, when in fact they are not elite without one another.
I think thats the key factor which makes Bob Kraft a better owner...he can put his ego in check 95% of the time to win on the field...Jerry wont do it 5%.
You could also argue that Belichick has more staying power than Jimmy Johnson. Jimmy never stayed at any coaching spot longer than 5 years, and admits he was burned out from the grind. It wasn't just Jerry who had an ego.
They each went to 4 Super Bowls in a decade. They were dynasties within their respective conferences.
Yet Marino with schula and Marino with Jimmy Johnson = NO SB wins and no return to SB after rookie year?? why not LOL that was not a dynasty that was stats buying offense through the year with little playoff success. Marino 8-10 in the payoffs and Dan Marino had a passer rating of 77.1 with 4,510 yards, 32 touchdowns and 24 interceptions in 18 games in the playoffs in his career. for having 2 of the best coaches in NFL history and being inducted into the HOF and was called one of the top QBS of all time yet his 24INts doesn't seem special losing record in the playoffs also not great. seems lie double standard for Dak supposed to be great on his own.
For sure Jimmy played his part to the full in it, but we all know BB has a huge Ego and its seems to me Kraft deals with it to keep him...nothing Jimmy ever did says he would have stayed had Jerry played nice though.
Outstanding response and surely a chicken or egg type discussion as to whether a coach makes the team regardless of QB given or is it the elite QB whose talent does truly cover a lot of team warts, or thirdly as you suggest, the combination of their talents.
right, most think he would have stayed until say 1996-1997 most likely not doing much more than what Switzer did finishing off that eras players with a nfccg and a anther SB etc..I doubt Jimmy would have done much more.
Marino at least made it to a Super Bowl in his 2nd season.
