We were a contender the past three seasons. We were contenders in previous seasons. He wouldn’t get the Cowboys any further than they’ve gotten. Bill Parcells couldn’t even win a playoff game with the Cowboys. Belichick was a winner when he had Tom Brady. In 5 seasons as the Browns head coach, he had only one winning season. He had back-to-back 5 win seasons in Cleveland and New England. He was 5-13 with Drew Bledsoe, his first couple of seasons in New England. He was on the hot seat with the Patriots and everything for him changed when Tom Brady took over.
He’s only made the playoffs twice without Tom Brady. I said the day Brady left New England that it would be downhill from Belichick….bingo! Not only has he proven he can’t win without Brady, but he’s too old. When New England pushed him out and he was available, no one wanted him. There’s a reason the Pats moved on from him. He interviewed for at least one head coaching job. NFL teams want younger head coaches. The game keeps changing and you have to evolve with younger innovative coaches.
Personally...I dont get the young coach thing at all.
I dont buy into the 'complacency" argument and that its that much of an issue.
Could a young coach have more 'fire' to breathe at players...sure. But...like Chip Kelly said when with the Philadelphia Eagles and if he gets into yelling matches at practice, his response was "This isnt Harry High School"
There is plenty of coachable talent. If some young coach wants to go recruit the 5 biggest lineman off the streets he can find, but can only make them work at football by yelling at them...have at it. Having to yell to get square pegs into a round hole seems weird to me.
Are young coaches so much more focused and driven because they have goals that older coaches dont have? I think that thought makes sense on paper, but dont know if it actually means anything material.
Information travels so fast now. A coach doing something innovative at a high school in Florida will have every pee-wee, middle school, high school, college and NFL coach int he United States looking at what he does within a few weeks, if what he does is working. Does he have one idea, or is he constantly coming up with ideas? One coach that does one thing innovative doesnt mean he will succeed at the upper levels.
The 'innovative' x and o's thing doesnt seem to be important to me unless it was a coach that had new ideas every week. I doubt many college or pro coaches have good ideas every week.
The 'young' guy with fire that is going to force his players to play and force his way up the ranks because he has goals that he wont stop pursuing until they are completed? I mean...ok. The guy is driven because he sleeps less than other people and only thinks about work....ok.
What I am getting at is....Im kinda tired seeing that saying all the time in sports coaching. It just seems like something that sounds good but really doesnt mean anything.
