Yesterday, 03:38 PM
(12-02-2024, 10:27 PM)jj22 Wrote: I’d welcome Bill as long as he couldn’t bring any of his offensive coaching tree. Or run personnel.
Only thing that’s going to move the “things are different” needle for me is firing Tobin.
We have to wonder if this is a desirable landing spot for a HC given the publicity beating the family is taking for not resigning their star receivers et al
If the true root of the issue of this team is a lack of talent in too many spots then we truly do not know who's really to blame.
Should good coaches be able to coach bad talent into a winning team? Maybe, but we do know the defense has not been good for 2 straight seasons. So defensive coaches have to be addressed.
Does Tobin suck at drafting or is he severely limited by ownership? We may never know if this tiny scouting department is what Tobin wants, as he would never speak against ownership while employed. We do know it is the smallest and has experienced more than its share of misses.
Does Tobin suck at free agency or is he severely limited by ownership? We have evidence of Mike Brown's pathetic penny pinching and refusal to offer guaranteed money. Again, Tobin wont come out and state how limited his ability to bring on free agents truly is while employed by this current ownership. Add to that the fact that there is zero doubt that we have the smallest pro scout department in the league as well.
I have been accused many times of living in the past with my critical comments regarding ownership. That said, I believe that 3 decades of cheapness and lack of investment are more than enough to make my claims credible. I truly believe that Burrow and Chase, along with Trey's pass rush rushing, are great enough to carry this team very far as long as the the supporting cast is even slightly above league average. We witnessed that for 2 seasons.
Until we have new owners that are serious about investing in winning then we will forever be on a roller coaster of disappointment that will on occasion deliver a couple years of hope and excitement followed by imminent and immediate frustration.
The defensive staff is not very good, Duke probably isn't very good, but the front office and ownership are absolutely bad.
