Losing Gamblers who lose big

[THE PISTONS]

(12-10-2020, 05:36 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: At first I was worried that when they waited for a coach that couldn't be announced until after the Super Bowl, that he wouldn't be able to hire a good assistant coaching staff. Then I relaxed when I heard that Jack Del Rio came into town for the DC job. Then I was confused when I read that he left town without a contract . . . how can this be? This was an easy layup. Erase the stain of Terrybl Austin and move on, this was a no-brainer. Then several more DCs came in and left. I knew before any other assistants were named, this is going to be a screwed up staff. I had no idea it would be this bad, though. This team looks like the Houston Astros from about 5 or 6 years ago. It's just a place that's barely above the minors and you get to be scouted by other teams while you face against live MLB pitching and hitting, or in this case, NFL defense and NFL offense.

Honestly, I think the excuse that the HC couldn't be announced until after the SB was way overblown. A lot of new HC's come from good teams...teams who usually are in the playoffs and go far into the playoffs. And it's pretty common for them to line up their staffs with connections.

The fact that Taylor apparently had no connections to quality assistants was a red flag. It's like they knew he was going to fail...

The Del Rio thing...he was apparently highly interested in coming here...until he and Zac talked on the phone and they apparently didn't agree on philosophy or something...But Del Rio seemed too good to be true. Like Bieniemy at the time. But, the Bengals botched it.

Then, in typical Bengals fashion, Del Rio happened to be the Washington DC who blitzed us A LOT and Burrow gets his knee shredded.