A Single Point of Failure

[SunsetBengal]

(11-22-2020, 10:07 PM)samhain Wrote: I'm not sure it's fair to say they didn't provide him with any talent.  You'd have a tough time arguing that the skill positions on offense are bereft of talent.  Quite the opposite, actually.  The line is bad, but the team gambled on the idea that the young players on the o-line would grow into a cohesive unit, which isn't super-unreasonable.  It just didn't work out.  

IMO the problem here is the staff.  They are bad at situational football and several coaches in key roles are highly inexperienced, much less successful.  The ownership jumped the shark hiring a young coach when it was the trendy thing to do in the league.  It's not working out and it needs to be rectified soon.

Did you get an opportunity to read the article on Marvin Lewis, in The Athletic?  The scenario playing out right now, plays directly into what I read into Marvin's thoughts on his differences in philosophy with Mike Brown, as it applies to building a team.