TwoDeep3
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As I have stated before there was a vitriolic debate back in the day when this site was at another location about coaching and players. The prevalent theory was that coaching would straighten this team right up.
But there were a few of us that maintained that coaching was not the fulcrum here, but the players were.
That theory was dashed on the rocks by the cool guys, and I suggested they discounted it because with the cap, you cannot change out the players like spark plugs. So the folks backing the "head coach is the problem set" did so because you are married to the players, but not the coach.
Path of least resistance.
But the problem is pretty clear now. When you are scouring the pavement for people to play defense, then you have an issue when you meet up with good offensives teams.
The problem is obviously the players.
Now this does not absolve Opie at all. I imagine the last time he actually stuck his head into a defensive meeting he was looking for the restroom and made a wrong turn.
But the coaching staff for the defense gets max effort out of these guys. They just don't have the talent to succeed with a pass rush.
So to boil this down, Jerry spent too much money on the wrong area of the defense along with injuries which means a good college team could score over 38 on this team.
Which brings us to the second point.
I see the comments that Jerry is a great owner. That is false.
Jerry is a great businessman. That is the extent of his expertise.
If Jerry was a great owner he would fire the GM immediately and seek someone who understood building a team.
Next he would sit the President of Player Personnel down and extract his rectum with pliers until he - Stephen - understands this team needs to get on the right side of the cap.
Then the fire sale would commence and all the parts would be sent to other teams.
Then after several years of actually sucking on ice, the team would be rebuilt in the image of the GM that understands how to assemble a football team that wins.
But Jerry - the owner - will not do this. He will continue redoing contracts because he painted himself in a corner with Ware and Romo - gave too much money to people like Austin and Scandrick - gave away the farm for Carr and Clai - and poor-boyed the offensive line instead of building through the draft.
The results you see is the fault of a man who thinks he knows football, hires the wrong coaches, fires the wrong coaches, gives out ridiculous contracts for past performance instead of future returns, and foists himself into the scene by making rambling press conferences like the one after the game last night where he sounded like he needed to have an immediate Geritol transfusion.
There will be no magic scenario that turns this franchise around. What you see is what will be.
This team will now play down to their level of leadership and go 1-2 the rest of the way and end up missing the play-offs - again - and being 8-8.
No amount of hope will change this. They are what they are, because they were built this way.
But there were a few of us that maintained that coaching was not the fulcrum here, but the players were.
That theory was dashed on the rocks by the cool guys, and I suggested they discounted it because with the cap, you cannot change out the players like spark plugs. So the folks backing the "head coach is the problem set" did so because you are married to the players, but not the coach.
Path of least resistance.
But the problem is pretty clear now. When you are scouring the pavement for people to play defense, then you have an issue when you meet up with good offensives teams.
The problem is obviously the players.
Now this does not absolve Opie at all. I imagine the last time he actually stuck his head into a defensive meeting he was looking for the restroom and made a wrong turn.
But the coaching staff for the defense gets max effort out of these guys. They just don't have the talent to succeed with a pass rush.
So to boil this down, Jerry spent too much money on the wrong area of the defense along with injuries which means a good college team could score over 38 on this team.
Which brings us to the second point.
I see the comments that Jerry is a great owner. That is false.
Jerry is a great businessman. That is the extent of his expertise.
If Jerry was a great owner he would fire the GM immediately and seek someone who understood building a team.
Next he would sit the President of Player Personnel down and extract his rectum with pliers until he - Stephen - understands this team needs to get on the right side of the cap.
Then the fire sale would commence and all the parts would be sent to other teams.
Then after several years of actually sucking on ice, the team would be rebuilt in the image of the GM that understands how to assemble a football team that wins.
But Jerry - the owner - will not do this. He will continue redoing contracts because he painted himself in a corner with Ware and Romo - gave too much money to people like Austin and Scandrick - gave away the farm for Carr and Clai - and poor-boyed the offensive line instead of building through the draft.
The results you see is the fault of a man who thinks he knows football, hires the wrong coaches, fires the wrong coaches, gives out ridiculous contracts for past performance instead of future returns, and foists himself into the scene by making rambling press conferences like the one after the game last night where he sounded like he needed to have an immediate Geritol transfusion.
There will be no magic scenario that turns this franchise around. What you see is what will be.
This team will now play down to their level of leadership and go 1-2 the rest of the way and end up missing the play-offs - again - and being 8-8.
No amount of hope will change this. They are what they are, because they were built this way.
