The Mike and Marvin Show an Epic Fail

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(11-21-2018, 12:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: And it is not a list of things that Marvin fails at.

Do you realize you just tried to criticize Marvin for both not "demanding accountability on the field" and "pulling players out for rookie mistakes".  So he gets ripped for both holding players accountable and NOT holding players accountable.

It is like criticizing him for both "being too conservative" and "giving up on the run too quickly".

You basically criticize everything Marvin does even when it is what you said he should do.  He got ripped constantly for being too conservative in the last minutes of the first half, but when he was aggressive in the last minutes of the half against the Ravens earlier this year he got ripped for that also.

Marvin has more wins against other NFL coaches than he does losses.  It is impossible for him to be bad at everything and still have a winning record.  Especially when he is handicapped by working for the worst owner in the league.

A large part of a head coach's job is deciding when to be aggressive and when to be conservative.  Another part of that knowing when to roll with player mistakes and when to discipline them for it.  There is no hard and fast rule to either.  

Much of the criticism that falls his way comes from being conservative when we are behind on the scoreboard and being overly aggressive in situations where it's uncalled for.  Dumb decisions are dumb decisions.  Nobody is going to say it's ok to go for it on 4th & 10 from our own 35 with a 3 point lead and 45 seconds left because we want him to be more aggressive. 

Similarly, we've seen for years Young players who are still developing get pulled or not get playing time due to mistakes, but Marvin rolls with vets who make similar errors and are on the downside of their development curve.