08-09-2017, 07:00 PM
(08-09-2017, 06:34 PM)OBX Bengal Wrote: When Marvin started coaching during the Carson Palmer years, Mike Brown was still interfering with the team in negative way. Remember the billboards telling Mike Brown to hire a GM?
It wasn’t until the end of the Carson Palmer era that Mike Brown started to fully trust Marvin and the football people to run the team.
This is a popular narrative, but I'm not sure there's much substance to it. Marv turned over 60% of the roster in his first year. He and Tobin (with input from position coaches) have been shaping this roster from day 1. Of course Mike probably plays a big role with coveting compensatory picks and avoiding free agency, but that's never changed.
Mike said himself that he's only overruled Marv on 1 decision, and I think we all know what decision that was.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
