02-14-2019, 11:37 PM
(02-14-2019, 11:30 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: It seems like only the undesireable jobs have trouble.
Most teams you offer them an OC or DC job and the #1 or #2 guys take it.
I think that Taylor being in a SB and having to wait so long to hire him worked against us in some ways too. The Bengals apparently didn't talk with him and arrange for the staff to be in place once he was announced.
Maybe the article we read about them fearing getting in trouble for hiring Taylor early was true.
I don't think the problem is that this is an undesirable job. We landed Mike Zimmer, who was a respected DC for his work in Dallas under Parcells, and our defensive roster was crap when we landed him.
I think the problem is the other thing you mention: poor planning partially caused by not talking to Taylor til after the Super Bowl. Taylor setting his heart on an already employed Dennis Allen probably hurt us as well.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
