WTF is "walterfootball.com"?
Is this some kind of joke? In the span of four sentences, "Walter" goes from "this seems like a great fit" to "this is a fantastic hire." Looks like Gase's wife hired a high school blogger named Walter. You must've searched high and low to find an amateur hobbyist site endorsing Gase.
This is walterfootball.com
Rams hire HC Sean McVay: C- Grade
The worst thing you can do to a bad situation is overreact by going the other way too much. That's exactly what the Rams are doing with this hire. They've employed Jeff Fisher for far too long, as Fisher was a tired coach with no new ideas. In fact, he was so bad that it appeared as though he was intentionally trying to sabotage the Rams. By 2016, he was so worn out that he didn't bother watching film, as evidenced by his press conference in which he said Danny Woodhead was a play-maker for the Patriots. The Rams fired Fisher, and so they went from an old coach to the youngest one ever. Sean McVay, former offensive coordinator for the Redskins, turns 31 in a couple of weeks.
I think this is a mistake. While McVay certainly has more upside than Fisher, it's unlikely that he'll get some of the Ram veterans to listen to him. Some are about as old as he is; some even older. The Rams are comprised of a bunch of lazy players who need to be motivated, and I'm not sure they'll be willing to listen to someone in their age group.
The one positive about McVay is his brilliant offensive mind. It'll be nice to have someone who, unlike Fisher, is actually innovative, but the problem is that it probably won't matter. Jared Goof is a lost cause. Everyone, including some in the Rams' organization, had Carson Wentz ranked ahead of Goof. I'm sure McVay will get the most out of him, and Goof won't be a complete abomination, but sometimes, a quarterback is an unsalvageable sunk cost, and that's what the Rams have. Then again, the Rams are an unsalvageable sunk cost themselves, so all of this is probably irrelevant.
Jets extend HC Todd Bowles, GM Mike Maccagnan: A Grade
While some franchises seem to change coaches and general managers every two years, the ones that maintain the most success are the ones that have a stable organization. Thus, I'm very much in favor of what the Jets have done today, extending both head coach Todd Bowles and general manager Mike Maccagnan with 2-year deals.
Bowles has done a tremendous job this year. The Jets entered the year with major problems, but he got five wins out of a team that was expected to go 2-14 or worse. The Jets played extremely hard each week, and that's a testament to Bowles' motivational skills.
Meanwhile, Maccagnan inherited a horrible cap situation, and he's done a great job of maneuvering out of it, dumping overpriced veterans like Brandon Marshall and Darrelle Revis. Maccagnan has made some mistakes, like spending a second-round pick on Christian Hackenberg, but he's had more hits than misses in the draft.
This idiot doesn't even realize that Maccagnan is the one who signed Revis and Marshall to begin with...lol
