09-19-2022, 05:01 PM
As a disclaimer, please don’t even join the conversation if it’s just to be negative.
We gotta talk about Zac Taylor.
In the black community there’s kind of a running joke that a young white guy with a smile getting unearned benefits and opportunities. Iv been at jobs where a guy was promoted who had nowhere near the experience or work quality as the next guy and when it’s a younger white guy there’s resentment that ppl will have towards him because of the mindset that he only got the job because he was a young white guy.
Here comes Zac Taylor. Young coach with a solid resume but it shouldn’t have gotten him a NFL head coach job. Period. Upon looking at this career you find that maybe he shouldn’t have gotten any job he’s gotten and I’m being serious.
Let’s start…
He’s a college QB and was a pretty good one. Not a natural talent. Had stops in community college and eventually went to the University of Nebraska and set records. Was 2012’s Big 12 offensive player of the year. So his playing career is actually a story of hard work and grind and no one can take that from him. This also explains why Burrow likes him and why he connects with Burrow so much. While not the same they had similar stories. Never caught on in the NFL. Simply wasn’t good enough.
Now let’s go to his coaching career and this is where as a black man i have to give a side eye.
His 1st job was as a tight ends coach for his father in law Mike Sherman at Texas A and M………Yeah we know what this is. Does anyone have to say it? No, but i will anyway. He got a gift from family that he may or may not have deserved. No unbiased person can say he deserved that job. He coaches there for 3 years, i think, and Mike Sherman was fired after sucking too much. So his first stop, he didn’t get it done. Texas A and M weren’t known for their tight ends and tight end was not even a huge part of the Aggie offense.(Which explains why Sherman threw him there) Through his 3 years at A and M Zac Taylor coached 2 tight ends that would make the NFL. Martellus Bennett(Solid career) and Jamie McCoy(1 game). To my knowledge Martellus credits NOTHING to Zac Taylor’s coaching. If you find any stories of Martellus crediting Taylor for anything please let me know.
Let’s move on…
Joe Philbin got hired as the Dolphins head coach and Taylor spent 2012 as his assistant quarterbacks coach. Why do you ask? Take a guess who the offensive coordinator was. You’re right, MIKE SHERMAN. Why is no one else giving Taylor a job at this point? Because he isn’t good enough period. No unbiased person can come to any other conclusion. Taylor lasted in Miami a number of seasons and was promoted to quarterbacks coach. Now THIS is where i finally say he should’ve gotten the job. He was a solid college QB and had a good mind for the position. So imo we have a case of a guy getting gifts in the form of jobs but eventually getting into a spot he probably would’ve gotten to anyway. But the deal is he was helped and he got help black coaches just don’t get. The only black nepotism-like hire i can remember is Tomlin hiring Flores this year. And even in this case Flores is a great coach but it’s obvious Tomlin hired him so he’d have a job.(If there are more black nepotism hires you can name please tell me.) Under Zac Taylor, Dolphins QBs we’re average. Ryan Tannehill had good years statistically but the team was middling and hung around 8-8 and while Tannehill was decent, he never really took him to the next level. So for his stint in Miami you can say he did alright. A good caveat about his stint in Miami is he ended up being the offensive coordinator for the last 5 games of the 2015 season and the team went 2-3 in those 5 games and scored 15 points, 24, 14, 12 and 20 points. That’s 15ppg average. TRASH. Now remember this is a team that fired its coach and likely had injuries by the time Zac got the reigns at offensive coordinator but that point output is not even league average. Maybe you give him a pass cause he was new but it’s not like those 5 games where he was the man, set the world on fire or anything.
Let’s move on….
Zac spends 2016 at the University of Cincinnati. No BS here. He earned this job, had the resume to justify getting this job. Taylor while at UC had no talent like Tannehill at QB. The team was ass and his quarterbacks were bad. I can’t put that on Taylor for not making bad guys good. At UC he was OC and QB coach. Did not set the world on fire. UC went 1-7 in their conference and only averaged 19 ppg which is actually REALLY BAD in college but I’m cutting him slack because that roster was doo doo. Only 3 players on that offense would go on to even touch a NFL jersey.
Let’s move on.
Rams. We all know how this went. Assistant WR coach, promoted to QB coach. Never was the OC in LA. I have no idea why Mcvay hired Zac. Mike Sherman was not involved to my knowledge and I’m having a hard time WHY Zac was chosen. Everything I’m seeing just says McVay thought Zac was smart, which is fine. Well the Rams explode. They have great seasons and a decent offense(Sean McVay is head coach and he’s calling the plays.) Zac Taylor’s footprint here is still up in the air. Goff was decent with Taylor as QB coach. No unbiased person can say anything other than Taylor succeeded here. Especially seeing how limited Goff is.
We move on to Cincinnati and the verdict is still out. His all time record with us is 16-32-1 and if you erased the Super Bowl run he’s been trash as hell. His first 2 years we ranked 29th and 30th in offense. His best year which was 10-7 we ranked 11th and most ppl say Joe Burrow is the only reason this happened. Not anything Taylor or his coaching staff did.
I say all this to say that THIS is the shit black ppl talk about when the conversation of white privilege and nepotism come up. By all accounts Zac is an average to possibly bum ass coach but he got a foot in the door through his father in law. And even more disrespectfully he didn’t kick that ***** down. He got his foot in the door and has continued to slowly squeeze through that mofo trying not to hear it squeak.
Wether you like it or not Zac Taylor is a shining example of coaches getting jobs they don’t deserve. Sean McVay is too lowkey but at least he got his foot in the door and kicked that mofo down. I respect that.
I made this thread to tell you guys whenever you see black ppl claiming white guys have it easier than everyone else, we’re talking about Zac Taylor’s ass. Gifted jobs, and along the way picked up enough credentials to justify his position but he did not get it from the dirt like other coaches have. But we all knew this.
We gotta talk about Zac Taylor.
In the black community there’s kind of a running joke that a young white guy with a smile getting unearned benefits and opportunities. Iv been at jobs where a guy was promoted who had nowhere near the experience or work quality as the next guy and when it’s a younger white guy there’s resentment that ppl will have towards him because of the mindset that he only got the job because he was a young white guy.
Here comes Zac Taylor. Young coach with a solid resume but it shouldn’t have gotten him a NFL head coach job. Period. Upon looking at this career you find that maybe he shouldn’t have gotten any job he’s gotten and I’m being serious.
Let’s start…
He’s a college QB and was a pretty good one. Not a natural talent. Had stops in community college and eventually went to the University of Nebraska and set records. Was 2012’s Big 12 offensive player of the year. So his playing career is actually a story of hard work and grind and no one can take that from him. This also explains why Burrow likes him and why he connects with Burrow so much. While not the same they had similar stories. Never caught on in the NFL. Simply wasn’t good enough.
Now let’s go to his coaching career and this is where as a black man i have to give a side eye.
His 1st job was as a tight ends coach for his father in law Mike Sherman at Texas A and M………Yeah we know what this is. Does anyone have to say it? No, but i will anyway. He got a gift from family that he may or may not have deserved. No unbiased person can say he deserved that job. He coaches there for 3 years, i think, and Mike Sherman was fired after sucking too much. So his first stop, he didn’t get it done. Texas A and M weren’t known for their tight ends and tight end was not even a huge part of the Aggie offense.(Which explains why Sherman threw him there) Through his 3 years at A and M Zac Taylor coached 2 tight ends that would make the NFL. Martellus Bennett(Solid career) and Jamie McCoy(1 game). To my knowledge Martellus credits NOTHING to Zac Taylor’s coaching. If you find any stories of Martellus crediting Taylor for anything please let me know.
Let’s move on…
Joe Philbin got hired as the Dolphins head coach and Taylor spent 2012 as his assistant quarterbacks coach. Why do you ask? Take a guess who the offensive coordinator was. You’re right, MIKE SHERMAN. Why is no one else giving Taylor a job at this point? Because he isn’t good enough period. No unbiased person can come to any other conclusion. Taylor lasted in Miami a number of seasons and was promoted to quarterbacks coach. Now THIS is where i finally say he should’ve gotten the job. He was a solid college QB and had a good mind for the position. So imo we have a case of a guy getting gifts in the form of jobs but eventually getting into a spot he probably would’ve gotten to anyway. But the deal is he was helped and he got help black coaches just don’t get. The only black nepotism-like hire i can remember is Tomlin hiring Flores this year. And even in this case Flores is a great coach but it’s obvious Tomlin hired him so he’d have a job.(If there are more black nepotism hires you can name please tell me.) Under Zac Taylor, Dolphins QBs we’re average. Ryan Tannehill had good years statistically but the team was middling and hung around 8-8 and while Tannehill was decent, he never really took him to the next level. So for his stint in Miami you can say he did alright. A good caveat about his stint in Miami is he ended up being the offensive coordinator for the last 5 games of the 2015 season and the team went 2-3 in those 5 games and scored 15 points, 24, 14, 12 and 20 points. That’s 15ppg average. TRASH. Now remember this is a team that fired its coach and likely had injuries by the time Zac got the reigns at offensive coordinator but that point output is not even league average. Maybe you give him a pass cause he was new but it’s not like those 5 games where he was the man, set the world on fire or anything.
Let’s move on….
Zac spends 2016 at the University of Cincinnati. No BS here. He earned this job, had the resume to justify getting this job. Taylor while at UC had no talent like Tannehill at QB. The team was ass and his quarterbacks were bad. I can’t put that on Taylor for not making bad guys good. At UC he was OC and QB coach. Did not set the world on fire. UC went 1-7 in their conference and only averaged 19 ppg which is actually REALLY BAD in college but I’m cutting him slack because that roster was doo doo. Only 3 players on that offense would go on to even touch a NFL jersey.
Let’s move on.
Rams. We all know how this went. Assistant WR coach, promoted to QB coach. Never was the OC in LA. I have no idea why Mcvay hired Zac. Mike Sherman was not involved to my knowledge and I’m having a hard time WHY Zac was chosen. Everything I’m seeing just says McVay thought Zac was smart, which is fine. Well the Rams explode. They have great seasons and a decent offense(Sean McVay is head coach and he’s calling the plays.) Zac Taylor’s footprint here is still up in the air. Goff was decent with Taylor as QB coach. No unbiased person can say anything other than Taylor succeeded here. Especially seeing how limited Goff is.
We move on to Cincinnati and the verdict is still out. His all time record with us is 16-32-1 and if you erased the Super Bowl run he’s been trash as hell. His first 2 years we ranked 29th and 30th in offense. His best year which was 10-7 we ranked 11th and most ppl say Joe Burrow is the only reason this happened. Not anything Taylor or his coaching staff did.
I say all this to say that THIS is the shit black ppl talk about when the conversation of white privilege and nepotism come up. By all accounts Zac is an average to possibly bum ass coach but he got a foot in the door through his father in law. And even more disrespectfully he didn’t kick that ***** down. He got his foot in the door and has continued to slowly squeeze through that mofo trying not to hear it squeak.
Wether you like it or not Zac Taylor is a shining example of coaches getting jobs they don’t deserve. Sean McVay is too lowkey but at least he got his foot in the door and kicked that mofo down. I respect that.
I made this thread to tell you guys whenever you see black ppl claiming white guys have it easier than everyone else, we’re talking about Zac Taylor’s ass. Gifted jobs, and along the way picked up enough credentials to justify his position but he did not get it from the dirt like other coaches have. But we all knew this.
-Housh
