01-07-2021, 09:53 PM
(01-07-2021, 05:12 PM)IcoHolic Wrote: I think a coach needs 3 years to show progress in a full rebuild and I saw some things this year that gave me hope. It wasn't like the Gase trainwreck in New York.
I think a good coach shows promise right away. I can't think of too many great HCs that won 6 games in their first 2 years before going on to greatness...regardless of what the roster quality was.
That said, I can think of plenty of coaches who came into situations with a supposedly terrible roster, and they won 10+ games in year one.
Not sure why some here think that a rebuild should take 3+ years. This isn't baseball. You draft a stud QB, splurge some in FA, and you'd be surprised how fast a GOOD coach can turn it around. We checked 2 of those 3 boxes last year.
A good coach shouldn't need a perfect roster to compete. We had enough good to solid players last year to win some, including the most important position (obviously QB).
We went what? 2-7-1 with Joe Burrow? Not good, man. Not good.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
