But tonight was a coaching failure at some level. There’s nothing reflexive about that. It’s sinlly the truth. We got out coached.
When we lose we got out coached. When a playcall doesn't work it's a bad playcall etc.
I would consider this argument more compelling if we heard this regardless of the result of the game. If coaching was the main determination of winning and losing a given game we would see coaches have consistent success regardless of roster, GM ect. Yet when coaches change teams a far better predictor of success is who the QB is. This is true of every coach other than maybe Belichick.
Coaches are a contributor in terms of coming up with the gameplan, developing players, maintaining the culture, choosing assistant coaches etc. You try to isolate their contribution and see if they are helping or hurting the team.
Add that into the mix with Garrett’s overall resume and it’s pretty stunning that people still believe Garrett is the guy and is about to turn a corner any moment now.
I think the team could turn the corner sure. It's a year to year league. Garrett is going to be the same coach. He didn't magically get better at coaching when we went 12-4 and then forget how to coach when we went 4-12 in 2015.