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Originally Posted by albany ed (Post 32127)

I don't think anyone is looking for a raving lunatic. The game is played by humans and humans make mistakes, but coaches like BB, work hard in practice to limit those mistakes. To me, if a team continues to make mental errors, game after game, it's a lack of solid coaching. You seem to limit coaching style to either cheerleader or raving lunatic.

1) Belicheat is a cheater, so he's not exactly what should be modeled, because the next team that gets caught cheating might not be so lucky.

2) Belicheat has a very similar leadership style to Dungy, but you're praising one while saying the other was overrated when the only real difference in them was one cheated and one didn't.

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Originally Posted by Dam8610 (Post 32123)

I have realistic standards. I don't expect the coach to go out on the field and execute for the players like most of you here do. I also don't expect him to be a raving lunatic demanding perfection on every play from the sidelines, because that's how you get the Josh McDaniels led Denver Broncos.

Expecting a coach and his staff to prepare the team well enough to where more often than not they actually look like they no what the hell is going on to start games (which 75% of the time Clappy and his staff have not been able to do) and not trying to give games away by attempting to run out the clock for the entire 2nd half are not unrealistic standards.

Also, expecting them to not make some of the dumbest decisions in NFL history (fake punt, Marlin Mack non-review) and actually hold players accountable for boneheaded mistakes (Rogers fielding punts inside the 10, Bray returning obvious touch backs to the 10) is not unrealistic either.

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Originally Posted by Dam8610 (Post 32123)

no you don't. you have said

1) if the players are bad, that is solely on the gm

2) if the players play bad, that isn't on the coach because the players just aren't good enough

3) you claim that the gm sets who plays when that fits your narrative.

so in your reality, the hc has zero to do with how the team plays.