Excellent article on BB/McDaniels

[convertedpatsfan]

Re: Wow. GREAT Column By Mike Lombardi About The Education of a Coach (Not the book)

McDaniels was certainly a jack @$$ ~ which by NO means precludes Brilliance!! ~ but one thing I was 100% behind him on ~ and I'm pretty sure I was the only other soul in the GALAXY who agreed with him on this ~ were the decisions 1 ~ to NOT kiss Cutler's @$$ and 2 ~ once Cutler proved that he felt he was above the team, to TRADE his sorry @$$.

I said, then, and I'll say it, again: The Broncos ~ as HIDEOUSLY stupid as McDaniel's subsequent trades were ~ got the BETTER QB in that trade with the Bears...and getting the better QuarterBack AND 2 1sts and a 3rd ~ minus a 5th ~ was the HOIST of the Modern Era.

Of course, McDaniels is a fool, and he managed to blow it...but his stupidity was matched ~ and in the case of that one trade, ECLIPSED ~ by that of the Bears.

I thought dumping Cutler was fine, they got a great haul of draft picks for it, but then kind of wasted the picks.

But with Cutler having a solid season for a division leader while Josh is updating his resume, it's not the best time to make that argument.

 

[shmessy]

Re: Wow. GREAT Column By Mike Lombardi About The Education of a Coach (Not the book)

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...10/707679-excellent-article-bb-mcdaniels.html

Thanks. Merged.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

Lombardi tries to compare McDaniels' firing to when Belichick was dumped by the Browns.

There are major differences though.

Belichick actually made the Browns a playoff team quickly. I remember the Browns beating a talented up and coming Patriot team when Belichick was the Brown's coach. Belichick also has no ego, he does everything in the best interest of the team.

The title of that article is odd, when the Broncos basically did let McDaniels make multiple drastic changes to the team.

McDaniels didn't "pay the price because his team wasn't committed to change". He was fired because his team only won 5 of its last 22 games, and along the way he made huge personnel blunders with Hillis, Marshall, Cutler, Sheffler, Alfonso, etc etc. He made his brother an assistant coach without any past credentials. Spygate II was the nail in the coffin. Why did he wait 5 days before even reporting the incident?

McDaniels threw Belichick under the bus on Spygate II, so he can go screw. The team doesn't need him, O'Brien is doing a fine job.

 

[Nikolai]

But Lombardi's take on ownership that says they want change but then doesn't have the backbone to stick with it was really interesting.

It's actually pretty common to see that dynamic. It just tells me that Bowlen is like the rest of the pack, mediocre, and so are the Broncos.

 

[TheComeback]

McDaniels didn't "pay the price because his team wasn't committed to change". He was fired because his team only won 5 of its last 22 games, and along the way he made huge personnel blunders with Hillis, Marshall, Cutler, Sheffler, Alfonso, etc etc. He made his brother an assistant coach without any past credentials. Spygate II was the nail in the coffin. Why did he wait 5 days before even reporting the incident?

Trading Cutler was the best decision he made as a head coach. Orton is twice the QB Cutler is. Other than that though, he's been horrible with personnel.