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To be fair, liking a shitty football franchise/program can definitely alert one to "red flags" of shitty coaches more than fans who are used to seeing competent coaching.
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Right, but that's besides the point for a second. I need you to admit saying the Steelers won the division and made the playoffs as a feather in Smith's cap was.....misleading.
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I am tragically bad at guessing the success of new hire coaches. I think saying "I called it" on Patricia would be disingenuous, that one was just obvious. Same goes for Hartline and Vrabel. Most of the time (like here) I have no idea, so I just hope Day made the right call and support it until there is reason to doubt it.
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But did he win the division? Where did I mislead?
If you want to admit you misled by cherry picking stats because you didn't like the hire
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Ryan needs an experienced play caller and someone who knows how to establish the run. And an adult in the booth to suggest varying the snap count. This hire should help nicely in those areas.
No one thought that was Brian, but the alternative was to lose the best wr recruiter in the history of the game, so he was promoted with those limitations.
Ryan does not need any help with passing schemes, other than possibly getting back to a wr rotation and perimeter blocking. Versus indiana and Miami, they schemed wrs open plenty often, the young QB simply was fleeing too often (in reality or out of fear of what had just happened).
Brian had his flaws, but overall still unleashed an absurdly talented pair of WRs, with KDW, Henry and Guilford coming in, and brown up next. His inevitable departure only cost them a few backups and a west Coast wr always flirting with usc.
In the end, it was likely the ol recruiting/development that was the true achilles heel. Whatever the schematic flaws, or Julian's youth, or the depth issues at wr, they narrowly lost to the two championship game participants. It almost worked.
P.s. if we are fixating on single seasons, steer clear of chip in San fran.
No one thought that was Brian, but the alternative was to lose the best wr recruiter in the history of the game, so he was promoted with those limitations.
Ryan does not need any help with passing schemes, other than possibly getting back to a wr rotation and perimeter blocking. Versus indiana and Miami, they schemed wrs open plenty often, the young QB simply was fleeing too often (in reality or out of fear of what had just happened).
Brian had his flaws, but overall still unleashed an absurdly talented pair of WRs, with KDW, Henry and Guilford coming in, and brown up next. His inevitable departure only cost them a few backups and a west Coast wr always flirting with usc.
In the end, it was likely the ol recruiting/development that was the true achilles heel. Whatever the schematic flaws, or Julian's youth, or the depth issues at wr, they narrowly lost to the two championship game participants. It almost worked.
P.s. if we are fixating on single seasons, steer clear of chip in San fran.
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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
I would guess that Day, Bjork, & Co. had a fairly in-depth interview(s) with him and asked that he explain his thoughts on the differences between his TN and ATL/Pitt offenses. Presumably, he answered to their satisfaction and was able to express how he thought he’d fit into the current team structure and culture. I would hope that this wasn’t a less than diligent hire and we just have to trust them, not that we can do anything about it one way or another.
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You know what I mean, and you're too smart for this. It's disingenuous. You're saying it as if that means he's good at his job. Certainly every coach on staff must be good, because look......they won a whole division.
Like, come on. You know it was a garbage division. You know the Steelers were not a good football team this year. You know the strength of the Steelers is the defense. Just saying "Hey HE won the division" isn't intellectually honest.....because 1) HE didn't win it, the team as a whole did, and 2) that was the worst division in the sport by a long shot. Don't quote me on this, because I don't know the exact scenarios....but at one point with like 4 or 5 games left, I read that they could have finished 8-9 and still won the division. Just saying "they won the division" is intentionally hiding how not good of a team they were. They weren't BAD, they were just not good.
This is outside the discussion of if Smith is a good hire or not. I just need to know that you know this, for my own mental well being.
I also don't think I posted any stats about him.....so I don't think I cherry picked any. I think I just said shit like he loves TEs and couldn't figure out how to have success with Bijan Robinson. But if I cherry picked something I'll admit to it, if your mental well being is on the line.
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Not Arthur Smith” is not an acceptable answer BN27 for as hard as you have gone after the hire.
If you are going to die on this hill, you at least have to give some alternatives.
If you are going to die on this hill, you at least have to give some alternatives.
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