07-11-2021, 04:25 PM
(07-11-2021, 03:37 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I'm not addressing your optimism for 2021, I'm more interested in why you think a 4-win team in a "big rebuild" was better than an 11-win team, that's all. I wouldn't check myself into a nuthouse if the Bengals made the playoffs this year, but again I'm more interested in your perceptions of 202 at the moment.
The way I see it, the Browns had a talented team in 2019 and they hired a dolt as HC and he played a big part in their underachievement and losing season and they replaced him and became 5 wins better the next season. I think it's pretty not crazy that we are rolling into 2022 over the moon about what this ultra-talented team can do with a HC that isn't ZT.
I get the optimism, but your response blames Turner's scheme, but you blame circumstances for the failures or Anarumo and ZT. It's just that standard "the guys who are still here are good and the guys who are the reason we lost are gone" sort of thing.
I blame Turners scheme because players on the line underperformed or did not develop from previous years. Price played better under Pollack and so did Hopkins. I think Jonah Williams did not develop under Turner the way we had all hoped he would. It is true that maybe Turners failure may be caused by injuries and having Zone blocking technique players when his scheme may have been more suited to man to man power blocking. I do give Anarumo a pass for not only injuries but he also had players who did not like what were expected of them in his defense. They are now gone and that is why I think this years defense will be much better.
