Rugby Saint II

That pretty much confirms my suspicion. Dennis Allen has lost the locker room! It's obvious that no one is putting in the work now after reading this. This just shows that the bad body language and communication issues stem from deeper issues. Maybe the coaches!?!

Danno

I wonder...

If Carr is so bad, and he is, is Dennis Allen doing a decent job of coaching since we're basically a .500 team with a dreadful QB?

Mr.Riaton

I’d say being that Allen isn’t changing a damn thing with anything, then he’s a sh**ty coach too. Any decent coach would’ve done something at this point imo

BakoSaint

This argument doesn't check out. DA and company hand picked Carr and bet the farm on him after they shut him out and the Raiders benched him. They bid against themselves. Also we have played in a historically weak division under DA and been a bit under .500 so we are more the equivalent of a .400 team in another division. So the argument becomes "If Danny Wuerffel is so bad, and he is, is Mike Ditka doing a decent job of coaching since we're still a .400 team with a dreadful QB?"

I think the common element is the coaching staff and front office's vision. They signed Derek Carr with the vision that although Carr was often pretty good, he would be as good or better in their system, and would make them a winner. They didn't get him cheap like Wuerffel, they sold the farm for him. They also believe their oline bolstered by a bunch of high draft picks who were half busts could be molded into an acceptable oline. This is their vision and is contingent on their coaching and evaluation abilities. That vision has failed. Carr is not a cure-all and appears to be worse in their system. Allen is not motivating players to be better. The oline is bad. The system is stale.

Maybe Allen would be a great coach if he had the right players. Those right players would be players who motivate themselves, call plays themselves, design their own systems that work to their skills, evaluate themselves, and make sure the team only signs them if they are a good fit, recruit other players to fill the correct areas of need they identify, and have a vision for what it takes to win. In other words, all DA, PC, and Loomis need to win is players who can do everything that coaches and management are supposed to do themselves. If they had that, they could be great, great at doing nothing, which is what they are already great at.