Diehardblues
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I think it’s cumulatively a lack of talent , greater opposition talent and coaching along with the handicaps and defencencies our dysfunctional organization present.The LA game, obviously. I'm not just talking about this year however. You choose to read it as such. The goal of any team isn't just regular season success. Am I impressed that they went from what looks like a waste of a season to actually winning the division and making it to the divisional round? Yes, but at some point, you have to look at the body of work of a coach and look for trends.
With a different set of players, this same event keeps happening. Why do Garrett coached teams keep doing the same things offensively and fail to make adjustments both offensively and defensively? Why did they continue to stick with a playbook that fails in the end each and every time? Why did Jerry publicly choose to prove he doesn't trust Garrett offensively and neuter him by saying that Moore should come directly to him should Garrett object?
While I dislike Jerry's ways of handling things, that shows us something. Jerry thinks that Garrett has been holding the team back in certain ways....but he is loathe to admit that he made a mistake in sticking with Garrett and is trying to save face.
You can choose to blame this on Linehan. He does indeed share a large portion of the blame of the offensive woes. Who was his boss, however? Garrett. Garrett can't even manage his own coaches?
Like you I realize that the underlying issues of the team are Jerry and how he runs things and that Garrett might mitigate a little of that, but that doesn't mean I'm okay with them continuing to stick with what is proven not to get them past a divisional round even once, no matter the roster.
Hopefully Moore as OC will change things enough to make a difference.
I’ve never advocated Garretts coaching ability or what we haven’t accomplished instead focusing on what he has achieved with all of the distracting factors he must overcome with lack of experience and control. I believe he’s the best puppet we’ve had and can hope for.
I haven’t seen this team as one which while had an opportunity to go further in playoffs one that should have gone further. Mostly because of our talent and lack thereof.
We’ve been talent dependent for most of this era since the 90’s. Even with our greatest HC with Parcells since Jimmy we didn’t have any more success while building a better team as Garrett has now but as with Bill we have some weaknesses which are holding us back.
Elite coaching isn’t an asset Jerry’s willing to allow in order to pursue his personal ambitions. Until that changes our priority should be amassing as much talent as possible. Holding our coaching solely responsible is a cop out IMO. I’d be more apt to if I saw a more championship caliber roster and team here but to expect our coaching to be the difference simply is barking up the wrong tree IMO with Jerry.
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