Lap on Taylor

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(01-15-2019, 02:25 PM)Wyche Wrote: Same here.  He may be 74, but the football mind is still there.  He said he could be here by tomorrow.

Don't even say that Wyche.   I love that guy.   I'd hire him in a New York minute - in whatever capacity he wanted.

The guy had more bandwidth than any other mind in football at the time except Walsh.

It's really too much to ask I know, but that's what I hope Taylor has.   That's what's been missing.  I mean there was a lot to like with Marvin Lewis and his era here.

But the guy that's going to take us to the next level has got to not only be professional, he has to be a big picture guy who can handle or delegate the details.

I have felt that the Bengals had a fair amount of professionalism - old school style.  But I don't think they had someone who had a superior vision:

• How to utilize the players we have
• How to get the missing pieces
• How to turn the strengths of opponents on their heads
• How not to be too predictable
• How to adjust on the fly
• How to give your players confidence that they (coaching and players) are just better than everybody else.
• How to not miss the little things that have big consequences
  

I feel like the great coaches have those things - plus the old school toughness that trickles down to the players.   That's what I think of when I think of Belichick, Reid, Carroll, Payton, etc.   That's what I think I see in Reich.  

We're not likely to get the whole package.   I want, at least the superior vision.



But I say, "Is it too much to ask for both?"