10-01-2023, 07:05 PM
(10-01-2023, 06:52 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Same reason why I think Zac is a good HC, but he isn't a great HC because a great HC would have fired Zac Taylor from being the playcaller. The whole situation is set up terribly.
Now I am leaning less towards good even because of how he handles preseason and how he's mishandling this whole Burrow situation because he never had the balls to be the adult in the room and tell Burrow to sit and heal to start the season. (Or to not practice rolling out of the pocket on the run in training camp while wearing a calf sleeve in the first place.)
Correct. Great leaders know when they are inhibiting the potential of their subordinates and step aside so they can thrive. I believe there is a bit of an ego thing going on here. Taylor comes from the young up and comer club of McVay, Shannahan, LeFleur, McDaniels and all those guys are the HC and call plays. It’s a relatively new phenomenon that a HC also calls plays, it used to be relatively rare now it’s kind of expected.
You can be a great HC, and even a great offensive mind, and be a horrible in game play caller. The idea that all of these skills are related is trying to make the exception the norm. Zac needs to realize he isn’t his friends and while he may be a good HC he is not the offensive play caller his buddies are. He needs an outside perspective to come in and help get the offense back on track.
