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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Yeah, the coaching gap deserves more run/credit.
Nathaniel Hackett is what, like the 14th guy down from Shanahan in that tree (OK, an exaggeration, but still…) and he’s not an original member of that tree. His main accomplishment before the Packers was being really good at getting jobs from Doug Marrone.
Brandon Staley sounds great in interviews and speaks openly, which makes him popular in the media. He also exhibited a LOT of issues that would indicate he’s in over his head:
1) heavily penalized team
2) poor understanding/feel of when to stick to analytics and when to take a simple play (like getting points)
3) second-half of season collapse that included big upset losses
And Josh McDaniels? This dude was an absolute DISASTER as a head coach the first time around, and what New England assistant has ever nailed it outside of New England? The best fruit from that tree is Bill O’Brien or Brian Flores.
When a tree is that diseased, it usually is cut down…
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I hate how Staley is compared to Sean McVay as a boy genius.
McVay coached in the NFL for 8 or 9 years as an assistant in some capacity. He'd been around the pro game. He had a good understanding of the ins and outs of pro coaching.
Staley had been an NFL coach for what? Three years? Before that all he did was coach Division III. Not even as a head coach, either. He also jumped the QC/lower assistant jobs that are often quite valuable for cutting one's teeth in terms of the management and legwork aspects of planning in a coaching job. Nor was a he a player in the NFL.
It was only his first year, and he made some mistakes, sure, but thus far to this point, is there anything people see in him that makes them think, "Yeah, he's waaaay better than Anthony Lynn" the way McVay looked like a clear upgrade from Jeff Fisher?