02-20-2019, 02:48 PM
(02-20-2019, 02:38 PM)Wyche Wrote: That was the whole point of that thread, and me bringing it back up. You don't know, until you do. To be honest, I had no idea just how inexperienced that staff was until I looked it up. There are a lot of parallels here. Now, in no way am I saying this means Taylor will be at least as good as Wyche, I'm just trying to say maybe folks should back away from the ledge a bit here......
Side note: in his lone season as a HC and calling plays, Sam Wyche was 1-11 at IU, and was hired as the Bengals' HC the following year. He was also a QB coach prior. He had exactly 5 years coaching experience TOTAL before becoming the head man in Cincy. Only 4 years as a QB coach in SF, and 1 year at IU. He was a grad assistant at S. Car. before playing for the Wheeling Ironmen.
If social media was around in those days, people's heads would have exploded when he was named HC.
Oh hell, no doubt about it. The Bengals hiring a head coach who didn't even have any coordinator experience and who's only HC experience was one failed season at the college level? If social media had of existed then, craniums would've been exploding all over the place...and Paul's sanity would have been a trending topic of debate.
Could you imagine Sam's 'I've got better things to do' comment in this day and age? He would be eviscerated!
