03-04-2020, 11:20 AM
Was thinking about this last night ... what if Mike Brown looked ahead, saw there would be a potential franchise QB at the top of the draft, and decided to purposely tank last season? (OK, so he thought it would be Tua, but all the best plans have a little luck, no?)
Think about it. Marvin would never go for it, so he's fired. Hire a rook with no coaching experience whatsoever. His job is to look incompetent and overwhelmed. Check. Spend draft picks on injured or developmental players who are at least a year away from helping out. Check. Then we need some injuries in key spots. First rounder/LT goes down, out for season. Star WR goes down, out for season.
Backup LT has mysterious concussion, out for season. Talented backup WR looks awesome first game? Shut him down. Then we need some strategic substitutions. Sit vets here and there, start rookies in their places. Cut some vets, don't bother to replace them. Other vets look mysteriously off. Gritty veteran QB won't play ball? Sit him. Let's see how the noodle-armed backup does against two division rivals. Limit the star RB's touches. What? It's getting a little too much? People are saying we're historically bad? OK, let's start implementing the real system, win a few games ...
Now it's 2020. We get our franchise QB. Suddenly everybody's healthy again. Zac can actually coach and evaluate talent. We have a great draft. Pick up some FAs. System looks solid. We win some games. Make playoffs, win playoff game, and then ....?
OK, probably not. In the words of the great Chris Farley, "But you could imagine what it'd be like ... good, great, grand, wonderful, NO YELLING ON THE BUS!"
Think about it. Marvin would never go for it, so he's fired. Hire a rook with no coaching experience whatsoever. His job is to look incompetent and overwhelmed. Check. Spend draft picks on injured or developmental players who are at least a year away from helping out. Check. Then we need some injuries in key spots. First rounder/LT goes down, out for season. Star WR goes down, out for season.
Backup LT has mysterious concussion, out for season. Talented backup WR looks awesome first game? Shut him down. Then we need some strategic substitutions. Sit vets here and there, start rookies in their places. Cut some vets, don't bother to replace them. Other vets look mysteriously off. Gritty veteran QB won't play ball? Sit him. Let's see how the noodle-armed backup does against two division rivals. Limit the star RB's touches. What? It's getting a little too much? People are saying we're historically bad? OK, let's start implementing the real system, win a few games ...
Now it's 2020. We get our franchise QB. Suddenly everybody's healthy again. Zac can actually coach and evaluate talent. We have a great draft. Pick up some FAs. System looks solid. We win some games. Make playoffs, win playoff game, and then ....?
OK, probably not. In the words of the great Chris Farley, "But you could imagine what it'd be like ... good, great, grand, wonderful, NO YELLING ON THE BUS!"
