Yeah, defending him because "the players love him" is worthless. Not a ton of guys over the years seemed like they loved Belichick. I haven't heard a ton of guys talk about how much they love Shanny Jr. Or Shanny Sr. for that matter.Miller4Prez64 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:09 amPlayers loving the coach means nothing. Players loved Raheem so much they went to Drake concerts together in the offseason. Bowles will be judged on his ability to win games as a HC, not his ability to get players to re-sign. If this were the NBA, that would be a different story though.MJW wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 4:10 pm
I don't give a shit whether they love him, hate him, or laugh at him.
I give a shit that he's a lousy coach with a 5 year track record of coaching mediocre, unprepared teams.
The guy was handed arguably the greatest "coaching transition" situation since probably Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin. He had the greatest quarterback of all time. He was in one of the worst divisions in recent NFL history. And he went sub-.500. This is after posting 3 losing records in 4 years with the Jets.
He's a terrible head coach. The end.
Do the players listen when they talk? Are they able to communicate effectively when they do talk? And are they confident enough in their hires that they can delegate to their assistants?
Those are more important than being "liked."