10-24-2015, 12:14 AM
(10-23-2015, 03:30 PM)Donnyho Wrote: Well, he did say THIS season....
But i find the part I bolded extremely interesting, because that has to be lamest excuse for Luck having a down season (so far). What you're telling me is that Luck has thrown 7 interceptions in four games because Grigson and Pagano are having a tiff? You actually believe that?
Let's go multiple choice. You tell me which one of these is an acceptable answer to the question "What Factor Contributes the Most to Luck Have 7 Ints in 4 Games?"
A: Offensive line is terrible
B: Pep Hamilton refusing to alter his play calling to compensate for the terrible offensive line
C: He's still a young QB who will at times make WTF throws
D: The GM and HC are having a spat
3 of those choices are acceptable. One is a pretty awful excuse.
Seriously? You don't see how a football team's GENERAL MANAGER having a tiff with the football team's HEAD COACH is going to cause problems with the team? Are you freakin' serious?
Here, let me spell it out for you:
1) The HC is in control of BOTH the OC and DC. If the HC's head is someplace else, he cannot COACH PROPERLY!
2) The GM is the dude who acquires personnel for the team. If he picks the wrong guys, the team isn't properly manned in the proper positions. The HC is mad at the GM because he chose to get skill position guys instead of good OL guys. That's why Luck seems to get massacred at every snap.
3) Pep Hamilton isn't getting the proper guidance from the HC because the HC is too busy fighting with the GM. Thus Pep is just winging it and it shows.
4) Luck "is" holding onto the ball too long! But maybe it's because he's waiting for a play to develop instead of just taking whatever the defense gives him. Even Peyton took awhile before he developed that kind of a skill. Again, with the HC too busy fighting the GM, he can't guide his young QB properly.
5) With the HC so beaten down by the GM that he feels he's going to be coaching elsewhere next year, what kind of a team morale can he give? Pretty much nothing. So the SPIRIT of the team is also in the shitter!
It's pretty goddamned important for the GM and HC to be on the same page and NOT FIGHTING in order for a team to have a winning spirit. Someone on these boards keeps posting that Football is all about emotions. Well, it sure is and a team that feels like its leaders aren't united isn't going to win too many games.
