McMicah
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As reported through others on the forum and as evident from this coach carousel, they expected Mike to come back, and he walked away anyway.
We can all make guesses why that happened. People will say Jerry is cheap, or Mike didn’t like being a puppet, or whatever you want, and there might be some truth to that.
But mostly, the NFL is a business where a coach’s value is in wins and losses, so Id guess 80% of Mike walking away is that he doesn’t see this team doing well the next few years, which would hurt his career and legacy.
The real question is why does he think that? That’s the real discussion topic, and some fans aren’t ready for the obvious answer. The window for this team ended last year, and now we have to wait for the embers of overpayed players that used to be good filter out of the organization. Mike doesn’t want to coach this team, because he knows already overrated and undisciplined talent is dying off faster than it can be replaced, and the front office doesn’t have the guts to make it end quickly so we can just start over with a clean slate
Mike might go to a bad team with low expectations, because success would be making them mediocre. But staying on a mediocre team with unrealistic expectations and a delusional front office is far, far worse.
We can all make guesses why that happened. People will say Jerry is cheap, or Mike didn’t like being a puppet, or whatever you want, and there might be some truth to that.
But mostly, the NFL is a business where a coach’s value is in wins and losses, so Id guess 80% of Mike walking away is that he doesn’t see this team doing well the next few years, which would hurt his career and legacy.
The real question is why does he think that? That’s the real discussion topic, and some fans aren’t ready for the obvious answer. The window for this team ended last year, and now we have to wait for the embers of overpayed players that used to be good filter out of the organization. Mike doesn’t want to coach this team, because he knows already overrated and undisciplined talent is dying off faster than it can be replaced, and the front office doesn’t have the guts to make it end quickly so we can just start over with a clean slate
Mike might go to a bad team with low expectations, because success would be making them mediocre. But staying on a mediocre team with unrealistic expectations and a delusional front office is far, far worse.
