Not Taking the Wind is a Fireable Offense

[sportnik]

That was the first time in NFL history a team got the ball & the wind in OT. That takes historically bad coaching.

I think it’s safe to say that every JV Football coach in New England would have been able to figure out which way the wind was blowing & ensure the other team was throwing into the wind. But somehow “Thunder” Kraft hired a HC for an NFL team that was so overwhelmed that he couldn’t even take the wind in OT & cost his team the game. This is Head Coaching incompetence at a level that this league has never seen.

Can someone tell me what exactly Mayo does? He can’t coach the Offense. The front office wants to bring in help because he can’t coach the Defense. A Defense that can’t stop the run & gets worse every week. He calls himself a “CEO” & doesn’t do any actual coaching. He’s a complete failure at communicating to the media. He’s lost the locker room. His team is undisciplined & leads the league in penalties, He spends all of his time trying to look busy and sucking up to “Thunder”, but not adding any value. He doesn’t do a single thing well & has no business being the HC of any NFL team.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

That was the first time in NFL history a team got the ball & the wind in OT. That takes historically bad coaching.

I think it’s safe to say that every JV Football coach in New England would have been able to figure out which way the wind was blowing & ensure the other team was throwing into the wind. But somehow “Thunder” Kraft hired a HC for an NFL team that was so overwhelmed that he couldn’t even take the wind in OT & cost his team the game. This is Head Coaching incompetence at a level that this league has never seen.

Can someone tell me what exactly Mayo does? He can’t coach the Offense. The front office wants to bring in help because he can’t coach the Defense. A Defense that can’t stop the run & gets worse every week. He calls himself a “CEO” & does’t do any actual coaching. He’s lost the locker room. His team is undisciplined & leads the league in penalties, He spends all of his time trying to look busy and sucking up to “Thunder”. He doesn’t do a single thing well & has no business being the HC of any NFL team.

Impresses billionaires on trips to Israel in 2019.

 

[Stu Pidassle]

People mocking Mayo for that decision are not with the program. Choosing to throw into the wind is sneaky tanking at its finest. LOL

 

[203Pat]

I don't know about firing someone over it, but it just compounds with the dozen other issues we have seen from this coaching staff so far. The time management, the play calling, misusing/poorly utilizing personnel, in-game decision making, not holding players accountable, etc. A first-time head coach who had only been a position coach for 5 years is questionable enough. To surround him with as green of a staff as they did is just negligent.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Things didn't go very well when Campbell started his head coaching career off only three short years ago.

He retains some of his faults.

Mayo doesn't seem to have the talent today that Detroit has had...but, Maye is making things interesting.

I would say that Mayo has lots of material so far that he can utilize to learn from and improve upon.

 

[Toofy]

Things didn't go very well when Campbell started his head coaching career off only three short years ago.

He retains some of his faults.

Mayo doesn't seem to have the talent today that Detroit has had...but, Maye is making things interesting.

I would say that Mayo has lots of material so far that he can utilize to learn from and improve upon.

Campbell had a stellar staff and his first season ended with so much promise on overall basis.

We just have maye to look forward to. Rest of team is dumpster truck. The running backs and run offense should be ashamed that they are collecting free paychecks.

Our coaching staff is bottom of line compared even to college football.

 

[XLIX]

I am not one of those who is blaming Mayo for everything, but the guy just wasn't ready for the top job. He's in over his head. He needed 5 years as a DC on top of the 5 years as a position coach he has.

 

[h0c2000]

 

[signbabybrady]

Campbell had a stellar staff and his first season ended with so much promise on overall basis.

We just have maye to look forward to. Rest of team is dumpster truck. The running backs and run offense should be ashamed that they are collecting free paychecks.

Our coaching staff is bottom of line compared even to college football.

Dre projects for over 800 rushing yards behind this awful O-line that's actually pretty good.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

I am not one of those who is blaming Mayo for everything, but the guy just wasn't ready for the top job. He's in over his head. He needed 5 years as a DC on top of the 5 years as a position coach he has.

The main reason Bill got fired was because of his terrible cheap underqualified coaching staffs and disastrous front office and drafting and we've kept most of those bozos and just removed the guy with the elite defensive mind.

We literally got rid of the good part of Bill and kept all the crap that sunk the franchise and left them in power, the whole point of firing Bill was to move in a new direction and we did a crap reboot of the Patriots coaches that has never worked anywhere in the league for 20 years.

Shame we're going to waste another season before Kraft has to swallow his ego and do the complete clearout he should of done when he fired Bill.

 

[Wozzy]

The important thing is they're having fun now.

 

[Boomer B]

Pft picked up on it. Not a good look for Mayo now that its national.

Patriots lost overtime coin toss, opted to kick into the wind

Overtime blunder by Patriots gave Titans the ball and the wind.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Brotherblues]

The way this man weaseled his way to the position without any real credentials does not inspire any confidence that he can ever become a top 10 HC. Odds are always stacked against that happening even if you're a genius---but it's 1,000 times worse when you get there with no merit just by schmooching the boss.

 

[203Pat]

Things didn't go very well when Campbell started his head coaching career off only three short years ago.

He retains some of his faults.

Mayo doesn't seem to have the talent today that Detroit has had...but, Maye is making things interesting.

I would say that Mayo has lots of material so far that he can utilize to learn from and improve upon.

Maybe the guys around Mayo can develop into good coaches/personnel men but Ben Johnson, Brad Holmes, and to some extent, Aaron Glenn are allowing Campbell to be the culture guy and drive his message home.

 

[maust]

Screw the coin toss decision. Mayo should be dope slapped for going to OT, he should've gone for 2. THAT was inexcusable

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Pft picked up on it. Not a good look for Mayo now that its national.

Patriots lost overtime coin toss, opted to kick into the wind

Overtime blunder by Patriots gave Titans the ball and the wind.

www.nbcsports.com

We went from a man who asked how long it takes to close the roof in the SB, to a guy that chose the wind in OT because apparently he didn’t realize it shifted. Ugh.

 

[Ring 6]

Things didn't go very well when Campbell started his head coaching career off only three short years ago.

He retains some of his faults.

Mayo doesn't seem to have the talent today that Detroit has had...but, Maye is making things interesting.

I would say that Mayo has lots of material so far that he can utilize to learn from and improve upon.

So you plan is hire a guy who sucks because he can learn more than a guy who doesn’t?

 

[ScottishPatriots]

Screw the coin toss decision. Mayo should be dope slapped for going to OT, he should've gone for 2. THAT was inexcusable

His defense giving up about 170 yards rushing every week is way more of a problem than his cowardly decision.

You can always get a nerd upstairs to give you percentages you can't fix bad X's and O's, lack of philosophy and general sucky gameday coach.

 

[Ring 6]

We went from a man who asked how long it takes to close the roof in the SB, to a guy that chose the wind in OT because apparently he didn’t realize it shifted. Ugh.

Have you ever heard the player (I think it was DMAC) describe how in his first game at home Belichick took him out to the field and showed him the spot along the sidelines where the wind patterns were odd and knocked down deep balls? He got a pick that game on the exact play bb coaches him on
Mayo was a player on that team and he still isn’t at the level where he understands the wind can change in three hours.

 

[signbabybrady]

We went from a man who asked how long it takes to close the roof in the SB, to a guy that chose the wind in OT because apparently he didn’t realize it shifted. Ugh.

Nevermind what Bill became just think about Bill's resume when we hired him in 2000. Vastly more experienced than Mayo. Even Carroll's resume in 97 makes Mayo's look like an interns.