Originally posted by bassmanr:
Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by BOI49er:
We know that because then Jed was on his own and out of his area, and now he's got Lynch doing the work, conducting the interviews, and making the recommendations. Jed's not going to be swayed by somebody like Singletary blowing rah rah smoke in his face this time.
As per Ben Johnson, his offense is scoring 33.3 points per game this year, he's one smart guy, and given Kyle's ability to run games and the whole team, imo, it would be impossible to not expect a huge improvement. Even Johnson running the offense only is superior game management to Kyle's. He still scores in the second half, and he's very hard to beat if you're coming from behind.
Kyle's been outscored in the second half all season long. How can you expect to win a SB? Do you give players a ninth year to improve?
It's wild to think John Lynch would be here beyond Kyle and that he would lead the charge in hiring a new coach. That isn't going to happen.
There are very low odds Lynch would change head coaches until Kyle wanted to move on. Jed would have to hire a new GM and HC that's a lot of unknowns to just throw out there when we had an off year. Let's see if there is improvement before we do a complete rebuild of the team.
Lynch's roster has often been termed the best in the league. What we know about Kyle's influence on that roster is not pretty. Kyle's performance with that roster has, imo, underperformed his available talent. Kinda by definition, he should have won at least one SB, but beyond that, no wins in 45 games behind by 8 points in the 4th quarter? All the games with very poor late game scoring resulting in blowing leads, and almost No games where he's come back on teams overall, does not distinguish him. Then, how's the defense and special teams doing? How's the discipline doing with penalties for example. Does he keep the team fired up and positive in the face of adversity? Can't see it.
Both Kyle and John report to Jed. Neither one can fire the other. But John has recently called the team performance "unacceptable". That's not something you do publically without consulting ownership first, because if you do, now you have to do something about it if it doesn't change. This team is sloppy. That's on coaching. A season high eleven penalties last week? It hasn't changed.
Bottom line is Kyle has consistantly lost the halftime adjustments to the other coaches, his team is underperforming even the healthy talent he still has, his responsibilities in defense and special teams are totally neglected, the discipline is absolute bottom in the league, the team is not fired up in the face of adversity, his long known bias towards favorites and veterans has resulted in cap and health issues and a dearth of young talent, and his blaming players and taking No responsiblity for his poor judgement, poor adjustments, and poor preparations like in understanding the playoff overtime rules, may have resulted in flat out losing this team. About the only way to take the decision out of ownership's hands is to lose the team.
And No Sir, if one person is performing at the top of the league, and the other is underperforming his talent level, in no real world do you deprive yourself of the good performer because they came into the organization together eight years ago. Why would you do that, unless you think You can do that job. Jed doesn't.
