Zampese Year 2

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(03-18-2017, 02:50 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Did you say the same thing about Hue after his first year as the Bengals OC?

I think you already disliked Zampese so you see his first year as OC as proof he is a "lapdog" who is "in over his head".  Yet Hue's first season was just about the same yet you thought it was morepromisisng just because you liked Hue.

Really not a lot of differeence between Hues first year as a Bengal OC and Zamp's.

I defended Hue's first year as an OC because he had a resume with HC experience and he managed to get a top 10 offense out of Jason Campbell, off-the-couch Carson Palmer, that backup RB who replaced an injured Darren McFadden, and a WR corps of nobodies, not because I liked him.

Hue had a resume that said he was a terrible GM, but could run an effective offense and get a good bit of production out of a bunch of guys who weren't exactly top-tier talent.

My feelings of Hue and Zampese are irrelevant.  Again, I hope Zampese does gangbusters here, but I'm not sure what is supposed to lead me to draw the conclusion that he will.  His success last year?  No.  His success in the past?  No.  So what it is that is supposed to make me feel stupid for doubting the guy?

Experience and past performances matter to me when I'm making a predictive judgment call.  My entire job is based upon analyzing peoples' past behaviors and history and using that as a means to extrapolate future behaviors and performances.  Maybe football is the time when I should just throw away the analytics and decide that every year is a new fresh start and to hell with the past!