Post by 77bengal on Jan 9, 2018 14:15:57 GMT -5
I finally got my enema. They jammed that thing right up my ass and out popped Paul Guenther, Paul Alexander, James Urban and Kevin Coyle. And man oh man, does it feel good...
I'm not saying that all the new coaches will have more success than those that have been let go, but this team needed change just to demonstrate that they're capable of changing and to demonstrate that they're trying to get better. Besides, if you stay the same and don't change, the results will almost certainly stay the same. But the most significant change may be that of Mike Brown. If Brown has turned over a new leaf by allowing the coaching staff to make personnel decisions instead of himself, that would be a major change and one that has the potential to completely turn the organization around. It may be a bit of a long shot, but if this move proves to be successful, Marvin Lewis will deserve a ton of credit for making this happen. That's right. We may be praising Lewis in a year or two for seeing these changes through.
For the most part, I like the decisions that have been made concerning the coaching staff. I think the coaching staff has let some questionable coaches go and they've added some that 'appear' to have potential. The biggest risk lies with the hiring of Teryl Austin as the teams defensive coordinator. Austin has a mediocre resume to date, but that may be a result of only having mediocre players to work with. What gives this hiring some credibility is Jon Gruden's attempt to add Austin to his Raiders coaching staff. Gruden wouldn't try to bring Austin in unless he was sure he would be successful. We shall see.
I'm not saying that all the new coaches will have more success than those that have been let go, but this team needed change just to demonstrate that they're capable of changing and to demonstrate that they're trying to get better. Besides, if you stay the same and don't change, the results will almost certainly stay the same. But the most significant change may be that of Mike Brown. If Brown has turned over a new leaf by allowing the coaching staff to make personnel decisions instead of himself, that would be a major change and one that has the potential to completely turn the organization around. It may be a bit of a long shot, but if this move proves to be successful, Marvin Lewis will deserve a ton of credit for making this happen. That's right. We may be praising Lewis in a year or two for seeing these changes through.
For the most part, I like the decisions that have been made concerning the coaching staff. I think the coaching staff has let some questionable coaches go and they've added some that 'appear' to have potential. The biggest risk lies with the hiring of Teryl Austin as the teams defensive coordinator. Austin has a mediocre resume to date, but that may be a result of only having mediocre players to work with. What gives this hiring some credibility is Jon Gruden's attempt to add Austin to his Raiders coaching staff. Gruden wouldn't try to bring Austin in unless he was sure he would be successful. We shall see.
