Post by mrpeppers on Apr 16, 2020 9:04:16 GMT -5
Someone gets it! I guess wasting cap space and draft picks by trying to improve an area of need is considered a job well done to some fans.
By those standards, Reese should be better than Gettleman! He used a 9th round pick to upgrade the O line and signed 3 awesome contracts to improve the defense (2 were actually pretty good, Jenkins and Snacks). I see DG signing people to contracts only to cut them half way through the season but his supporters even give him credit for that because he “recognized his mistakes”. He can’t do wrong in some fans eyes.
No one can argue the results aren't there. But people acting like he didn't try or invest large resources into the oline is just not true.
If you have read any of my posts over the past weeks I talked about how fans focus so much on the oline and not the entire blocking scheme. Was it solders fault when barkley missed several key blocks leading to sacks? Was it Hernandez fault that jones held onto the ball way too long so many times? We saw a decrease in oline play or blocking in general for so many reasons that are not player talent related. I can almost guarantee you if you flipped the giants oline and the pats oline the results would of been very similar, ie the giants line still would of been bad with the pats players and the giants players that got sent to the pats would if done much better.
If you want a good oline it starts with a good o coordinator not a head coach that should of been a o coordinator. You get a great oline coach. You have a smart qb that can set up the oline for success and knows how to call out protections and hot routes.(not blaming jones he was just a rookie so things take time). The pats had all of these things.
I hope someday fans can understand this.
I’ve never accused DG of not trying. To put it bluntly I think his time has passed and he’s an absolute moron. As I said, no one keeps their job for trying, except DG apparently. If that was the case I could be an astronaut, a CEO, etc.
He has failed several times by his own standards and even said he thought he would be fired yet people continue to defend him when this team has gone backwards, not forwards. I understand it takes time but his moves have been about 80% failures.