02-25-2022, 05:16 PM
(02-25-2022, 11:58 AM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: At what point does someone go from new to experienced? He spent part of a season as OC at Miami, a season as OC at UC and now 3 seasons as OC for the Bengals. Seems he should be beyond the "on the job training" with 4 1/2 years under his belt as specifically an OC. The argument I hear a lot is that "he hasn't had his guys to run his offense." That's probably the worst argument of all, because it means someone can't adapt. He was a QB himself and has been an offensive coach for a decade. At some point you either are great at something or you're not. It's quite possible he'll continue to improve and become a prominent offensive mastermind in the league. It's also possible he's a middling OC but a great HC. I just think HCs should focus on that role and hire out a staff to do the rest.
I dunno. It doesn't matter. Those who choose to see only good will see that. Those who choose to just see the bad will see that. But there is actually a middle ground. I just don't think it's a bad thing to say some people aren't great at everything.
People/coaches aren’t great at everything you are right. The Bengals just made it to the Super Bowl for the first time in 33 years. They’ve hired a young coach with zero experience as a head coach at any level. But they bought into his vision. Many are still non-believers. His vision, his strategy of culture change, his strategy for improving the roster, and confidence he instilled into the players of how good they could be is inescapable. Yet many continue to criticize his play calling ( I think KC and Tenn regrettably saw it first hand in late game play calls) and attribute everything to Lou or Joe. Well we are learning Tom Brady had a lot to do with Bill Belichick. Andy Reid lost with Alex Smith and was fired at Philly. How’d he do when he got Mahomes? Did the Rams do when Taylor left? Then they got Matt Stafford. How did Sean Payton do w/o Drew Brees?
If anything with a poor OL I think Zac has accelerated Burrow’s success. He envisioned it.
57 weeks ago
Joe Burrow “I was excited about it. I think Zac’s going to be a really, really good coach…Obviously we didn’t win as many games as we expected this year. We had a lot of key injuries that kind of prevented us from doing that, but with one more offseason I think next year’s going to be a lot of fun and we’ll take a big step.”
Boomer Esaison "They hired Sam Wyche and drafted me, so they had an ex-quarterback coaching a quarterback. Watching Joe Burrow and Zac Taylor work together last year, before Burrow got hurt, I think Mike Brown realized he hit the lottery. The right coach and the right quarterback. In this day and age of offensive football, he found something special."
