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Originally Posted by GloryDayz
So why does Andy get so much love for our O's performance instead of Veach? I think it's odd how if it's bad, it's not the coach's fault, they don't play, but if they win it's that the coach is a genius.
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There's 2 dynamics at play.
1. In the NFL, it's the offense dictates game plan. Defense is, by it's very nature, reactive. Scheming and scripting is far more important on the offensive side of the ball. So any offensive coach has the potential to have more impact than a defensive coach because playing defense is more about keeping pace, which in turn is about the players, their speed, and their football IQ.
2. The offense is UBER talented. In the NFL, when there's so much talent parity, it's coaching that takes a good team and makes them great. Andy takes a very, very talented offense and makes them great. On the flip side, you could put a guy like Marty Mohrningwg in charge of this offense and they're still going to be good because talent trumps coaching every time. Coaching is the icing on the cake, not the cake itself. You'd never fill a cake pan with icing and try to tell someone that it's a "good" cake because it isn't. A good coach cannot make a bad unit good. That simply is not possible in the NFL.