09-22-2019, 06:14 PM
(09-22-2019, 06:08 PM)TheBengalsMind Wrote: I agree that seeing improvement is key, but people have to give it time and stop taking things personally.
Take the 1978 San Francisco 49ers for instance they finished 2-14.
The offense was 25th in passing yards and 21st in rushing yards.
The defense was 18th in passing yards and 21st in rushing yards.
Here comes Bill Walsh in 1979, generally considered to be on the mount Rushmore of NFL coaches, and through his efforts takes that team to 2-14.
The offense was 3rd in passing yards and 20th in rushing yards.
The defense was 24th in passing yards and 15th in rushing yards. A defense that gave up 21 points a game, gave up 26 points a game in 1979.
The got better in a single category, passing the ball. They regressed in all other areas.
In 1980, through Bill Walsh's efforts they went 6-10, but had one single win against a winning team.
The offense was 5th in passing yards (including 26 tds and 27 ints) and 24th in rushing yards.
The defense was 27th in passing yards and 23rd in rushing yards.
The got worse in almost every single statistic. But they started to fight in games and they gave maximum effort. They got the dreadful "moral victories."
Then in 1981 everything clicked and a hell of a draft.
They had had defensive back trouble the entire time he was their and he decided to draft not one, two, three, but four defensive backs.
Ronnie Lott, Eric Wright, Carlton Williamson and Lynn Thomas. He nailed those first 3 defensive back picks.
Then having addressed the issues his defense went to 3rd in passing yards and 12th in rushing yards. They gave up a 2nd best 15.6 points a game.
They went 13-3 and everything else is history.
The point being is that it took 3 years, for one of the four greatest coaches in NFL history, to turn the team around.
How they play, how much effort they give and how much they buy into Taylor is huge.
Yep , patience is certainly required and that is one thing Mike Brown will have.
Normally the main part of that 2-3 year re-building is obviously assembling the talent...we really need a couple of killer drafts.
However this coaching staff is incredibly inexperienced at HC and co-ordinator positions.
I'll be intrigued if the season continues like this whether Taylor sticks with his handpicked staff?
