03-27-2018, 03:01 PM
(03-27-2018, 01:25 PM)sonofstat Wrote: I think with the amount of churn we've had in the coaching staff there will inevitably be change - certainly a change in scheme/focus, deployment of personnel, etc.
Now the culture, overall game management, conservativeness might remain the same as much of that is more attributable to the HC/owner but I can't imagine with basically two new co-ordinators and a slew of new position coaches that it all stays the same.
What I think is interesting is to consider whether Marvin truly instigated these changes or not. e.g. If Zampese was still the OC and not Lazor would Alexander still be here....I think that was Lazor showing some stones and demanding a change if he's permanent OC.
I'll also think Lazor (and maybe Pollak?) also probably pushed for the Glenn trade.
On Defense if Gruden does not go to Raiders then I think Paulie G stays and thus not a lot would have changed that side either.
When I said "change" I'm referring to change at the organizational level. The front office. How they view free agency. The patience they have with position coaches. People see these offseason moves and think Marvin Lewis finally got through to Mike. I don't see that. I see reboot 3.0 that was done purely as a means of selling tickets and generating hype while also keeping Marv around, which is a very unexciting move.
They shuffle everything else so they can keep Marv. It's very similar to our 2011 offseason, where we finally canned a hated coach (Bratkowski) and brought in a few exciting new players. We kept Marv though (obviously).
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
