Pro records are a bit of a deceiving metric. Even great pro coaches have bad winning percentages. Doesn’t mean they’re a crappy coach, it just means that there isn’t as much parity in the NFL. It’s a lot more restrictive to amass a lot of talent. You have to factor in salary caps, the development factor for the next level is gone, and many other factors. For the majority of pro players, it’s about that next contract. That’s tied to individual performance and cap space.Been over this. One AFC Championship game does not erase the rest of his record. .500 record in college. .396 in the pros. Not sure where people are getting this idea he's a good choice.
Gotta lot built up in approaching the Promised Land one season then canyon jumping into Hell the next. As a Bears fan, it was insulting that our 12 win team was projected to have a “Jaguars season”...which pretty much happened. If he had shown any bounce back ability in the follow up seasons, I’d be more open...but he didn’t.A bunch of coaches never made it to a title game with the same players.
Here’s my question. Would y’all accept Jerrod Mayo as the new HC? Because I believe most of us basement GMs/ADs would bit*h and moan for months because he didn’t have any experience as HC, never been a coordinator, only coached for 2 years, etc... yet the Texans, an NFL franchise is/was considering it. What about Cleveland’s coach? Most poopoo’ed that too... yet look at them... complete turnaround.
I don’t trust our hiring people to see talent as well as nfl GM’s but my point is hiring a coach is almost always a risk. Maybe 3 coaches would be considered program changers and the rest would be an unknown. (Saban, Meyers and maybe Dabo but I think he’s more of an Orgeron than a Saban.)...