Sports Illustrated - Lou article

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(08-11-2023, 09:07 AM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: That's just it. The coaches were bad. It wasn't just the players. Sure Burrow is better than Dalton and Chase is better than Green at the point he was. The same with the defense we added some great players in free agency. But everyone to act like it was all the players fault is a little ridiculous.

I think we may be confusing bad with inexperienced. Bad coaching can ruin great players like Burrow and Chase. We've seen these college stars fail many times due to bad coaching staffs. Not to defend Herbert.... Also not to over hype Lawrence...

Lou and Zac were inexperienced (and Zack was young). It understandably took them some time to get their feet under them. They also had to learn the FO which is challenging given most coaching hires are able to pick their GM or the GM is new and knows who they want to pick as their HC all in advance. 

Zac had to learn how to be a HC, OC, and Scout. One of the reasons their first draft was so bad is they came in late and none of the work was done on the 2019 draft class because the coaching staff wasn't set, and our 2 scouts at the time just couldn't do it all.