11-24-2019, 11:44 PM
(11-24-2019, 11:35 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: It's been that way for years here. People see Atkins, Green, Dunlap...the high end talent on the roster. But what's done us in even when we were good was the bad starters we had. You can hide 1 or 2 bad starters at a lot of positions, but when you have 3-4 on each side of the ball...you're in trouble. And then layer a bad scheme/playcalling on top of that...and it's bad.
Always comes down to coaching.
A good/great coach can take lower talent to the SB and even win them. An average coach might catch fire and win 1 SB in a bunch of years, but a terrible coach can't win no matter who is on the roster.
I know this isn't the popular opinion on this board, but Billy Price is probably much better than he is playing for us. However the roulette wheel on the OLine and the immediate change from Pollack to Turner has Price looking like a bust.
Our run game seems to improve the past 2 weeks, then it shuts down all of a sudden. Price was benched and Glenn was put out there. Consistency and familiarity leads to success. You can't just throw new guys out on the line every week and expect it to gel, yet that it what Turner and Taylor are doing. Result? A top rated Center prospect looking lost and like a bust.
