Injuries vs Coaching

[BengalChris]

(03-16-2019, 11:57 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I see some interesting contradictions on here.

1 ) I see people who say we will be better by default just by switching coaches. As if our staff for the past 15 years has been absolutely terrible.

The reality is that Marvin came in here and won where some decent coaches like Lebeau haven't been able to.

2 ) Now that we're largely going to have the same starters, I see people who harp on the injuries and cite how we started 4-1 before the injuries and say that just with health we'll be better.

IF it was injuries, then maybe the coaching wasn't terrible? It seems like logically both can't be blamed to large extents. IF Marvin started 4-1 then was devastated with injuries, then wouldn't we have went like 11-5 if healthy? Or better?

I do want to point out also that the defense was pretty bad all year, even when healthy as was the offensive line. And, the games we did win, we were eeked out.

So which do you think it is? Was the coaching really bad? Or was it injuries and will keeping the starters largely the same result in a successful year?

All good points.

Marvin became stale, that's all really.

Should this team have a better record in 2019? Yes, it should and if the team stays healthy I believe Marvin would have had a better record also so a better record in 2019 (if the team actually accomplishes that) really doesn't tell me anything.

What I'm looking for is not a better record, but contention for a SB. Marvin couldn't take us past the first round, but he was able to do more than any coach before him under the Mike Brown front office. That was his ceiling. If he had been the head coach for a team with a better front office then he likely would have gone further.

What will the new coaching staff's ceiling be working with this front office? What will their floor be? We don't know yet.

But anything short of contending for a SB will be unsatisfactory. If this new coaching staff cannot getting us past the 1st round quickly their tenure should be brief.