Being Optimistic

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(03-25-2021, 09:45 AM)TJ528 Wrote: Wyche see this is where you and I disagree.   

I believe when you're hired as a head coach that you "should" be able to adopt your coaching philosophies to meet the current athletes on the team.  This is what IMO makes a good coach.   Why come in an say well i'm going to hire a zone schemed DC when all my personnel are there for man to man?   Just makes no sense to me.  I'm sure the scheme being taught by Turner was totally different than what's taught by Pollack.  So should we wait 3-4 years for OL to catch on to Turners way of coaching? 

I'll just give an example of adapting.  Urban Meyers first coaching stop at Bowling Green.  Came into a program that in 2000 had a 2-9 record.  2001 Meyers team goes 8-3.   He adapted to using the pieces he had around him to fit schemes.  

I have never seen any of Taylors coaches do that.  

Where i do agree with you is if Taylor isn't at least 9-8 this year he should be riding that white pony out of town with his buddy Lou. 

I don't disagree with what you're saying at all my friend, believe that. I don't think these guys have been flexible at all. 

That said, it looked to me like they have been approaching this with a long term outlook. Change needed to happen....and it was probably 5 years late if we're being honest. These guys came in after the Super Bowl, and the FO was incredibly inactive in FA that first season. It had the look of a roster evaluation in 2019. Then they started cleaning house in 2020, and again this season. I can't remember this much roster turnover for the Bengals in, well, ever. Now, you've completely revamped the defense (minus a couple players), and are working on the offense. If you can't get to 8-8 this season, then see ya Zac.