Don Corleone
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Fmart322;3172314 said:I think Jimmy's style could still work in todays game. I was pointing out how a lot of the younger posters, ones who never saw Jimmy or Landry coach, see Wade as a good HC in the NFL.
Some aspects of it might work, but some aspects would not. Parcells was a more stern disciplinarian than Jimmy could ever aspire to be, yet he was unable to succeed in today's NFL. Why was that the case? You can't cut players on the flight home anymore. Cap ramifications don't allow that.
Jimmy left no details out of game planning. That is where he would have an advantage. For example, he studied how the field was re-sodded before the 1992 NFC Champ game against the Niners in SF, and asked his offensive coaches to gameplan based on those field conditions. That is what a detail-oriented coach does.
Could it be that Wade's public persona is different from his private persona that he shares' with players? I mean, players like Brooking and Olshansky were chomping at the bit to play for him again. Some SD players have come on record and said the same thing. There must be some element of his coaching that draws them to him, and it isn't like those players have been lazy on the field, and taken advantage of Wade.
Just my 2 cents.