Matt Barnes (DC Memphis Tigers)

[CMic]

Will be disappointed if Barnes is the only exit.
Message sent would be the only issue was scheme.

 

[RuGettinIt]

Coombs seems like he does his best to be a good soldier so I don't see him causing any such issues if he stays

Not worth the gamble IMO. Need to get younger, fresher, and more aggressive/physical.

 

[RuGettinIt]

Will be disappointed if Barnes is the only exit.
Message sent would be the only issue was scheme.

Barnes was never the issue. In fact without him, this season could have been worse than 2 losses.

 

[dragurd]

Not worth the gamble IMO.

I would have said the same thing were a hot recruiter and good coach like Raymond still available. But dude breathes passion and has shown himself to be for the team more this year then most coaches show in a lifetime.

 

[buckeyeintn]

Not worth the gamble IMO.

Since I don't personally know any of the people involved nor can begin to analyze the personalities and interpersonal relationships involved, I couldn't intelligently speculate on how much of a gamble it is.
Wild ass guess? Definitely.
Intelligent analysis? No.

 

[RuGettinIt]

I would have said the same thing were a hot recruiter and good coach like Raymond still available. But dude breathes passion and has shown himself to be for the team more this year then most coaches show in a lifetime.

I don’t know, he lost a couple of key recruits and the secondary has been serviceable but not great.

 

[CMic]

Barnes was never the issue. In fact without him, this season could have been worse than 2 losses.

Agree. But he also wasn’t a solution. Scheme and personnel were an issue against ttun.

 

[dragurd]

I don’t know, he lost a couple of key recruits and the secondary has been serviceable but not great.

Banks did whatever but Burke looked great. The corners looked decent other than whatever Banks was this year safety was an issue which it has been a lot of years and that's Barnes job

 

[RuGettinIt]

Since I don't personally know any of the people involved nor can begin to analyze the personalities and interpersonal relationships involved, I couldn't intelligently speculate on how much of a gamble it is.
Wild ass guess? Definitely.
Intelligent analysis? No.

Basing it on my 30+ years of work and management experience, there’s nothing more demoralizing than being demoted. The energy is lost and one needs to move on and rebuild.

we saw the shit show with Grinich when he didn’t get full control. Don’t want to ever see that again.

 

[RuGettinIt]

Agree. But he also wasn’t a solution. Scheme and personnel were an issue against ttun.

And it would have been better under Coombs??

 

[RuGettinIt]

Banks did whatever but Burke looked great. The corners looked decent other than whatever Banks was this year safety was an issue which it has been a lot of years and that's Barnes job

Agree Safety is an issue, but who did we have to play safety? Barnes had to shift his focus to the whole defense. A lot of recruiting misses that weren’t on Barnes.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Coombs seems like he does his best to be a good soldier so I don't see him causing any such issues if he stays

And he's a monster recruiter

 

[dragurd]

Agree Safety is an issue, but who did we have to play safety? Barnes had to shift his focus to the whole defense. A lot of recruiting misses that weren’t on Barnes.

True but Coombs prooved he can recruit and coach secondary both College and the pros if Coombs wants to stay he has the track record. You do have a point on motivation but as a pure secondary coach I take Coombs over Barnes

 

[RuGettinIt]

And he's a monster recruiter

Lost 2 top guys this round?

 

[CMic]

And it would have been better under Coombs??

Certainly not better, but likely the same end result.
Like I said, I will be disappointed if Barnes is the only exit.