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Originally Posted by HemiEd
Not as long as Herm is the Coach.
I don't think the situation is the way it appeared to us.
We have to go all the way back, to when Herm accepted the position. He quickly found out, the fans were very concerned about any potential degradation of the Circus offense (#1). He promised not to mess with it.
Herm's huge ego, would not allow the offense to be bigger than him. I think he systematically took steps to dismantle the offense.
For him not to be the bad guy, and lose the fans, the offensive system had to fail on it's own.
1) Get rid of Terry Shea, an important element to Trent's success. Give him a QB coach that knew much less than the water boy.
2) Insult the very fiber of the offense, their pride. Willie Roaf says that is enough, he retires suddenly shortly after Herm takes over. This after promising Will Shields he would return.
3) Trent gets injured, making the goal so much easier to attain.
4) Upon Trents return, give him a game plan that restricts what he can do. Trent was visibly frustrated, and let his displeasure be known. He was then stripped of his leadership, that is Herm's role!
5) When the playoff game rolled around, it was the perfect stage to let Trent fail. Totally hamstring the offense with the game plan. Leave him in until nobody has a question he can no longer perform. Herm's buddy needed a SB victory to keep the dogs off anyway.
Mission complete, Dick Vermeil's Circus offense has been successfully sabotaged in only one season!
Now for some real Herm football!
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so what you're really trying to tell me is herm is responsible for 9/11? cause i've seen conspiracy arguments with more proof than what you're showing.
1. new head coach brings in new staff? thats a radical concept.
2. i'm sure roaf's aching back, hurt more than his pride. factored into his decision more too.
3. opening the season with the plan of hurting your starting qb is a sure fire way to win a super bowl.
4. limiting a recently returned from injury QB, again radical concept
5. after seeing film of ind vs jax, i'm sure90% of coaches would have said let's run it down their throats. no one knew indy's defense was going to show up to play.
i'm not saying herm's a football god, but to place the poor performance of the offense souly on him is to be blind and naive. the loss of two HOF line man in two years has a bigger negative impact than herm's conservative approach.