So, the coaching experiment to date is not yielding the best results.
If it's me, and when I say "it", I mean the ownership of the Pats...
I tell BB the measurables I need to see to keep the keys in his hands. He's already lost control of some of the drafting. His Cronenberg son is not likely to be qualified for his position, and that's not how succession planning is supposed to go in the post-feudal world.
Here is my crackpot theory on what happened with his coaching calls: After his self-immolating brainfart regarding Flores and the rest of the offseason mayhem, BB has decided loyalty is quality 1. He has his son and two former head coaches of other teams that came from his SB teams working for him. It's guys who needed jobs who he's coached with in the past, and his son, and he can check off all the coaching boxes without any possibility of someone being a surprise problem. Fact is Flores wasn't a problem, BB was the problem. Anyway. that's my guess - this staff reflects a BB tendency, the siege mentality. Shut out the outside world. I wouldn't be surprised if he were on the Spectrum, but that's not my call.
All that said I am a BB fan. But that's it, three years post-Brady and yeah, 6-6 isn't 2-15, but it's time.
No slick psuedo-analysis about "weapons" vs. "o-line" vs. "coaching" vs. whatever, no "which coach is the problem," no blow it all up. Just demand production with a known result if the right moves are not made for performance targets to be met. Okay you're the expert? Here are your five games to prove it.
If I were ownership I would tell BB I do not care who is calling plays or what offensive philosophy this team is adhering to. You need X offensive touchdowns - with a quantity. You need Y% red zone touchdowns - with a percentage. You need at least a winning record, but preferably you need to win out & possibly make the playoffs.
If you do not get these, next season I pick your OC, and no you don't get to call the O. Either that or I pick your successor, it's up to you. The O doesn't have all the pieces you could ever desire, cough cough o-line cough cough... but yes, I think it's legit to expect that it can do better than this.
I'm usually not a fan of this kind of rant and this kind of entitled fan attitude, but now we're quitting at the end of games on top of everything else... at BB's direction. Too comfortable. Fix it.
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