WHERE DID MARVIN GO WRONG?

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(01-05-2018, 08:48 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: For a defensive expert, I've never felt like Marv has helped the defense. The D was weak in the pre-Zim days, and Guenther just kept what Zimmer had going, although to a slightly less successful degree. I'm worried that a mediocre candidate like Austin will lead us to more pre-Zimmer-like results.

On the flip side, I think Marv's defensive mindset and conservative nature have handcuffed the offense.

First and foremost, Marvin has only been as good or as bad as his coordinators.  He had two great years, '05, '15, both brought down by injuries.

There's only been one season where Marvin has been aces on both sides of the ball.  In '05, the defense was not really that great but they did have the amazing turnover season.  Then Carson and Co. would make teams pay.  But the defense was not a SB defense.

The '15 team was his best all around, I would say.  But they still didn't run the ball like '05.

Marvin, in all these years, has never really been able to assemble the team he really wants.  He wants the 2000 Ravens.

And that brings me to what I believe is his downfall.  It's a thing he shares with his boss--arrogant, misguided stubbornness, wrongly believing you are the smartest guy in the room.