Finally an Asst with HC experience

[Shake n Blake]

(02-11-2019, 11:35 PM)McC Wrote: They have experience.  They just don't have decades of it.  And if you're thinking in a new way, how much old school knowledge do you really need?  And these are football junkie guys, guys who grew up in it and around it.  And they're a bunch of smart dudes.

Sometimes, the problem with experience is that it shuts the mind off to new and better.  We used to use wire mesh in concrete.  But some really smart guy came up with fiber mesh and it's way better.  A lot of the "old school" guys refuse to get on board.  "I'm old school."  Yeah well, people used to ride horses, were thrilled to watch black and white tv and had rotary phones.

Bob said it 55 years ago and it's still true and always will be--

Your old road is rapidly aging
Please get outta' the new one if you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fading
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'

I don't have too much problem with the inexperience, but the few on this staff who are experienced (at all) don't have quality experience, either. That's not me saying they're destined for failure or I've given up on Zac Taylor. I try not to ridiculously overreact like that. It is a concern though. Even the most youthful coaching staffs tend to have an "old guy" around somewhere...including the guy Taylor learned from (Sean McVay/Wade Phillips). As another famous Bob once said, "in this great future, you can't forget your past".

We tried to get one of those guys and failed on both counts (Gary Kubiak and Jack Del Rio), so it's not like we're just all about youth now. We tried to get the old guy. Why couldn't we get one? The answer is blowing in the wind.