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micks113
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First and foremost, won-loss record IS the measuring stick for coaches, regardless of roster, personality, who's man he is (i.e. who hired him.) Nothing else really matters. Not the media talking, not the outside noise factor, not the personal preferences of the front office, nothing but the record.
Second, most all of us here know that with any first year head coach, there is a honeymoon. And it ain't one year fellas. Those that want him gone after one year have made up their minds and therefore offer nothing to the discussion. now or in the future unless they want to be like Hillary and change their mind later about what they said previously. Whatever.
I'll give the guy his 5 year contract to make it work. Now THAT's a novel idea.
What I want to see in terms of measuring Gruden's performance during the year (NOT the won-loss record at the end of the year), is how he manages his coaching staff considering all the changes. Supposedly, he is going to ride heard on the defense this year unlike last year when he gave Haz carte blanch authority. That will not be an objective measurement. ITs entirely subjective. If he sees incompetence from his staff, I expect Gruden to be the one to make changes, NOT the GM. IF it is the GM, then what power does Gruden really have on the field, vis a vis, his staff. By the way, yesterday's quotes should let all of you know Gruden is not calling plays. So keep that in mind when you criticize offensive production. What I want to see is Gruden step in and make changes to that if he sees that the current set up is not working. Its going to be his adaptability during game management that I want to witness before hanging him. And this year, why don't we differentiate between poor player execution versus poor coaching decisions. Another novel idea.
Second, most all of us here know that with any first year head coach, there is a honeymoon. And it ain't one year fellas. Those that want him gone after one year have made up their minds and therefore offer nothing to the discussion. now or in the future unless they want to be like Hillary and change their mind later about what they said previously. Whatever.
I'll give the guy his 5 year contract to make it work. Now THAT's a novel idea.
What I want to see in terms of measuring Gruden's performance during the year (NOT the won-loss record at the end of the year), is how he manages his coaching staff considering all the changes. Supposedly, he is going to ride heard on the defense this year unlike last year when he gave Haz carte blanch authority. That will not be an objective measurement. ITs entirely subjective. If he sees incompetence from his staff, I expect Gruden to be the one to make changes, NOT the GM. IF it is the GM, then what power does Gruden really have on the field, vis a vis, his staff. By the way, yesterday's quotes should let all of you know Gruden is not calling plays. So keep that in mind when you criticize offensive production. What I want to see is Gruden step in and make changes to that if he sees that the current set up is not working. Its going to be his adaptability during game management that I want to witness before hanging him. And this year, why don't we differentiate between poor player execution versus poor coaching decisions. Another novel idea.
You're saying that those of us that want Gruden out have already made up our minds and changing our minds is tatamount to some sort of wishy-washiness. Or something. That's enough to brand that post as crazy. Are you saying as an adult, you've NEVER changed your mind on something? You've never received more information, or something or someone about which you made a decision did something differently or exhibited some kind of different behavior that caused you to re-evaluate that person or situation?
