Pick the next HC

[Wes Mantooth]

(12-15-2020, 01:58 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: I totally understand where you’re coming from but hear me out please. I think Zac Taylor is too close in age to the players to be fully respected.

Completely agree.  There are two exceptions to this, which he does not fit into either.

Exception 1: Young coach who was a former NFL player.  This can bring added respect, because the players know you played at the highest level.  Ex: Mike Vrabel

Exception 2:  Young coach who runs a "fun" and exciting system.  Energy counteracts and brings respect.  Ex: Kliff Kingsbury

When you're a young coach, who never really played, and you run a dink and dunk offense players are neither impressed by your resume, nor energized by your approach.

The least he could have done is surrounded himself with well respected coordinators, who can act as the authority and the mouthpiece for him.  But he didn't even do that.  He went with yet another young OC, with no track record, and journeyman position coach DC.

All of this is a recipe for disaster.  These players don't buy into this bs.  They sniffed it out well before any of us did.