NFL Open Thread: Pardon My Coaching
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Tanier has the mid-season edition of the Kotite Awards. Just for CrunchyFrog, let’s start with an old friend:
McDaniels spent two offseasons coaching Jarrett Stidham into someone who reads a defense like he’s trying to read medieval Japanese poetry and throws with the accuracy and confidence of a toddler playing fetch with a Rottweiler.
McDaniels then “modified” his offense for Cam Newton by stapling two pages of zone reads to the front of the playbook and hoping that Newton would magically turn into a Tom Brady-like quick passer despite a complete lack of weapons.
C’mon Coach won’t weigh in on the pointless Brady/Bill Belichick “who deserves more credit for the Patriots success?” debate, especially after Brady humiliated himself in Sunday night’s loss to the New Orleans Saints, except to say “it sure as hell ain’t Josh McDaniels!”
McDaniels bailing on the Colts ended up being a huge break for the organization, and it’s really not clear where McDaniels’s next head coaching offer is going to come from at this point.
Rod Marinelli gets a lifetime achievement award:
Marinelli is best known for coaching the Detroit Lions to an 0-16 record in 2008. But C’mon Coach is celebrating Marinelli this week because Cowboys crown prince Stephen Jones told a talk-radio offense that Marinelli didn’t want the team to draft T.J. Watt when he was defensive coordinator in 2017 because Watt might not hold up against the run in his 4-3 scheme.
The Cowboys drafted the slightly-burlier Taco Charlton instead; Charlton has 11 career sacks and is now a backup for the Chiefs.
Whenever you are lulled into truly believing that NFL coaches are tactical geniuses, remember that many of them would look at Superman himself and think, “I’m just not sure he fits my scheme, which finished 17th in the league in yards allowed last season and therefore cannot be adjusted or improved in any way.”
Ah yes, the Rex Ryan Fallacy: if the talent can’t fit The System so much worse for the talent, and this remains true even if The System is being ripped to shreds on a weekly basis.
More good stuff at the link — the worst coach award you can probably guess.