12-08-2017, 07:16 PM
(12-08-2017, 07:07 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: A few years ago, we all thought that Tobin was the greatest. He was putting together all of these "great drafts", it seemed as it the Bengals had an endless supply of talent coming in. What happened? Why is Tobin now appearing to be such a goat?
I have an idea, and it has nothing to do with the man picking the players in the draft. What's happened is the good coaches and coordinators that were in charge of developing that talent, have all been plucked away to higher positions with other teams.
It's not Tobin's fault that the current coaching can't develop the talent. Example, we lost Sanu and Jones to FA. Team says "We need WRs", Tobin goes and selects 5 of them in the past two drafts. They were all fantastic athletes in college, did they somehow forget how to run routes and catch footballs, once they became pros? I don't think so.
The problem is that the coaching staff isn't getting these players developed to play. I just used the WR situation as one example. I think the same can be said for other positions as well.
This is what i believe. The draft is a crapshoot. In the end you have to coach these players up or play them.
You are not going to hit on every draft pick especially if you got a guy like PA in your ear who is terrible at judging
talent of O-lineman which is about as sad as he is terrible at coaching up run blocking over the years.
I kind of think Zamp must of hampered Urban cause Urban has been good for years in coaching up his WR's.
Guenther is definately in this too as is Coyle. I have no doubt that a player like Derron Smith would of done well here
with his skills if he was coached up and given a shot over Shawn Williams. His skillset is a lot like a guy we let go to
Oakland and we have not replaced yet.
Haslett has been sub-par with our Linebackers ever since he got here no surprise.
Burney is about the one guy besides Lazor that has done pretty well.
