PFT - AJ Green enjoying life with an offensive-minded head coach

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(05-02-2019, 02:53 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: I mean it is quite funny all the hate Marvin gets and all the love ZT gets.

Marvin came into a team that was perennially a 2-4 win team, with 8 wins being a high water mark. That team had largely the same management structure and Marvin made the team respectable. Atleast making the playoffs 7 times, when his predecessors made them 0 times under MB's ownership.

ZT was a middling OC at U of Cincy. Then he was assistant WR coach for the Rams for 1 year. Then he was QB coach last year. And people act like it's a slam dunk that the inexperienced staff he's bringing in is going to work magic with guys like Malik Jefferson, etc. Sure - there's a chance they do.

People act like Marvin was the absolute worst coach ever in football. During the regular season, that's simply not the case and one has to wonder IF he was the HC of a team that actually used free agency to do major upgrades how he would have fared.

Don't forget interim OC for MIA but not being retained beyond that season.

Marvin does get hounded more than he deserves, but the thing about the offense not showing up the defense is puzzling. Perhaps it was stated incorrectly, but if true, it does give off the impression that Marvin didn't want the offense (or whole team) going full-speed in practice. And the worry is not going full-speed in practice could translate into poorer performance on game day.