- Joined
- Nov 14, 2006
- Messages
- 49,631
- Reaction score
- 28,352
Step away from the keyboard Rob, you are only proving that you can't get the point of the thread. You know it's possible to recommend improvement from the coordinators without calling for the head coach's head, right?
And you better believe that all of those "drops" will be addressed during the offseason, because that's what coaches are supposed to do - prevent those mental errors from happening.
You say that preparation is a problem and that is Belichick's responsibilty. You want to throw it all on the coordinators though. I was being sarcastic based on your inability to actually put anything on the players even dropped interceptions.
Based on the fact that the Pats were the best offense ever and the Pats had an above average offense last year with below average talent, I don't see there being a need for an improvement at the OC position.
Considering the Pats won two of the three Super Bowl years because of great defense and pretty average offenses that didn't make mistakes even with a great QB like Brady, I don't know how you can argue that Weis is worlds better than McDaniels. Neither the 2001 nor the 2003 offense were anything to write home about and were middle of the pack. The defense was one of the best of all time in 2003. The defense carried the team in 2001 as Brady dinked and dunk on the offense. We went 9-7 in 2002 because the defense fell apart and the offense wasn't good enough to carry the team.
As for DC, the fact that Belichick was spending most offensive series working with the starting defense this season, I wouldn't be upset if they made an upgrade. Although Pees did a great job in 2006 with huge holes on the defense.
I'm sorry, but a few losses in the playoffs where you can point to execution problems to being major factors. I just don't think the talent on this team was nearly as good in 2005 or 2006 as the Super Bowl years of 2003 and 2004. The fact the Pats got to the AFC Championship game last year was pretty amazing considering what we had on offense for talent. The offensive talent was better this year than any year under Weis, but the defense was pretty average.
I think McDaniels is as good as most OCs in the league right now. I don't know about Pees since Belichick played a big role on the defense. Maybe that is the biggest problem is that that Belichick has focused too much attention on the defense (more so than any year under Crennel), but we were a minute away from going 19-0 and winning the Super Bowl against a team that beat the best teams in the NFC on the road to get to the Super Bowl. I still don't see a huge problem.
I also think that you and other would still be trashing McDaniels even if the Pats won 35-0. People do not give this guy any credit at all, but all the blame. I can't name one OC in the league right now that I would say would have definitely done a better job than McDaniels this year.