Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by stefano89:
Ncommand i posted this a few days ago an its kinda just validated more an more in this thread everyday
the same dudes who think we can survive multiple coaching losses one after another an not suffer performance downgrades are the probably the same dudes who think our team is not more injured than most of the league, and "its just the nfl" "its a rough sport", "this amount of injuries is normal". it all leads back to the same mental block....
denial, denial, denial.
theres this recurring theme of trying to spin losing a ton of important assistants as a somehow good thing. "well that shows shanahan grows a great staff" is their motto. cool thats great. good for him. but thats not the subject, what does that have to do with the fact that that "great staff" is now gone? they think anyone who comes into this building will just automatically be great all over again because well "shanahan". i think some may not realize the coaching staff is a team as well. kyle cant do it all on his own, hes need talented intelligent guys to have their own ideas an make their own good calls. not just anyone he brings in can do that successfully. our success is due to his assistants as well, an how many are now HC's, OCs, DCs an coaches on other teams? if this keeps happening every offseason the other shoe is gonna drop eventually. that could even be this year. look at our losses already. do we currently have a ST coordinator even? s**t almost anyone should be an upgrade over hightower so we should be ok there.
i think the anthony lynn hire is great an im excited for that one. could possibly be an upgrade. but thats all possibilities right now. its ok to admit wev suffered some losses or made some mistakes. theres nothing wrong with being critical of something not favorable happening to our team. but to just try to shine s**t an spin one thing into something it is not is the same problem as our injury problem deniers...
denial, denial, denial.
Man how did those LA Rams survive constantly getting poached the past couple years? How about hose Patriots for decades. Andy Reid. Bill Walsh etc Crazy man.
Coaching staffs aren't stagnate...if you are good at your job you will get promoted. Kyle and other coaches have shown that developing coaches is just as important as developing players.
I'm sure you thought Ryans was gonna stink all the same. I'm sure you thought Saleh was was just as green was gonna stink too. Facts are whether you want to admit it or not, our HC is damn good at developing coaches. If I'm a young coach I'm dying to be on Kyle's team...dude get's coaches paid.
There is some element of truth I think in both sides of this argument. We lost every single main position coach and or coordinator except the oline coach on offense. That's tough.
With that said there was a similar level of turnover on the defense last season especially once Johnny Holland had to take a break. The defense started slow then found it's grove. The difference was it was a brand new playcaller and there were also some outside hires into main roles on the defense.
On offense we will retain the main playcaller and it looks like many of the positional coaches are guys who have been on the staff and will come out of the film room as their main roles and onto the field. Kyle is a smart guy who seems to be able to surround himself with smart like-minded level people. There may be some adjustments but I feel confident that it will not be that dire. Kyle is the architect of this scheme and you have guys like Forester and Lynn that have been in the league for a long time. As long as we stay successful this will always be a poaching target around the league. The way you stay out in front of it is make good entry level coaching decisions and have guys ready to step up when opportunity arises. New England has mastered this. I'll give Kyle his chance to do the same.
[ Edited by Willisfn4life on Mar 4, 2022 at 2:26 PM ]
