For 20 years Bill has repeated the "it's all about the PLAYERS" mantra over and over and OVER again. In fact he said it yesterday in the post game presser. Players ARE the key to every winning team, but the fact is that coaching has more effect on how a football team plays than ANY other team sport.
Wozzy rightfully points out a good example with Deshawn Watson. He had the best stats in the league in 2020 and his team won 4 games. It's NOT just the QB. If you don't think coaching matter just look at look at the QB we faced yesterday. The one TRUE "generational QB talent in the draft threw is first TD since Thanksgiving in GARBAGE time of a 40 point loss. YOU know that if Lawrence was here, He'd be playing much better.
Another great example is Lamar Jackson who is an elite ATHLETE, but only a mediocre passer due his consistent inaccuracy. But in a system that was brilliantly designed fo highlight HIS skill set, and he's an MVP. It might not have worked as well if he'd been drafted elsewhere. It should be noted that the league has started to catch up with the Ravens offense and their record has declined recently.
Note: the Ravens are my MOST hated team behind only the Colts (sorry Joker but the Jets are now 3rd) and there can't be enough bad things to happen to that franchise, so saying something nice about them is a bitter pill to swallow.
Good coaching elevates a player's talent, and bad coaching can ****** it. Simple as that. All players want to feel is that THEIR coaches are giving them the best opportunity to win a game on Sunday. If the coach tells them that A, B, C, and D will happen and it does, they will gain credibility. If they tell them if they DO A, B , C and. D to win and that's what happens, They gain credibility. It works the same in a loss. Coaches gain even MORE credibility based on how fast and how good game day and halftime adjustments are made.
Bill never had to be the most personable of coaches, or to have played in the NFL to gain the respect of players. He got it because players quickly learned that if the did what this coach was saying, they would win more games. For many more times than not, what he told them ended up happening. He has EARNED that respect.
BTW I remember how after the 2020 season, then big take was that now that Brady is gone, NO FA's will; want to come to NE. Sure the money was good, but if you heard the Bourne presser yesterday, he basically said, he liked the money but BUT he came for the coaching,
OT. I need a question answered and the locked the relative thread. In AB's melt down, Ariens claims to have asked him to enter the game 3 times before he sent him off and AB imploded. So far I haven't seen anyone report on WHY he didn't want to enter the game in the first place. Anyone have any idea. Just very curious about that.
