Pretty much this. He claims he learned a lot from his days in Denver, but did he learn how not to be a ginormous douch-nozzle?
For some reason people keep hiring Belichick's assistants and they keep failing with great regularity. Maybe it's because they will not be bringing Tom Brady or Bill Belichick along, and the Patriot's success had a lot to do with those guys.
Though He slay me, I will trust in Him . . . (Job 13:15)
I understand, and am not a fan. I’m simply persuaded he’s a good x’s and o’s guy who will be a little more humble towards his players than the last go around. I also think it will be good for him to not have GM powers. I’m still not sure what Xanders did, other than act as some type of advisor
Tell that to Eric Mangini, Romeo Crennel, and basically every other Patriots assistant coach who has gone on to become a head coach in the NFL. They almost all failed. Most failed spectacularly, and they don't get any better. They either go back to being assistant coaches or retire.
Xanders was supposed to be the GM, but somehow within a few months, McDaniels had seized total control in what amounted to some sort of coup. How exactly that happened has never been explained, but McMoron himself said "someone had to take control" implying that Xanders was incapable of doing so, and he had to step in.
Codswallop, of a particularly self-serving sort of course.
That's my big word of the day, Codswallop. Got it from Robbie Coltrane.
Codswallop, I like it.
Tom Coughlin and Bill Belichick. Both got a lot better over time. FFS you see head coaches improve all the god damned time. Pete Carroll. Dick Vermeil. Sometimes they improve their production by taking on or giving away former duties. If you're going go to argue that some of those examples were very young either as men, or as their time as HC when they floundered, you're conceding the point.
What the hell?
Pete Carroll went from USC to the Seahawks. He never coached for the Patriots!
And Coughlin went from the Jaguars to the Giants, without a stint in NE either!
Belichick himself did better in NE than the Jets, but that could just be because the Jest, Jest, Jest, suck, suck, suck!
Name all these former Patriots assistant coaches who have had great careers as head coaches in the NFL. I'll wait.
Cugel with a fairly out of character series of posts. I may subscribe to your newsletter.
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