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Originally Posted by TheDeuce
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The only problem with that philosophy is that you cannot teach common sense. You either have it or you don't. And Brooks doesn't have it. Though extremely gifted with physical talent, he's about as sharp as a marble.
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That's true, but you also have to see that other coaches think that the only reason he couldn't "get it" in New Orleans was because of Haslett. They think that they can change this guy into a premiere QB because of all his tools. It's just like Shawn Bradley. The Mavs took on his monster contract because they saw this guy who was so blessed with a natural talent (height) that they figured that they could do what nobody else could: make him better. So....
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Why can't we do that? Why can't someone come in and try to make AB a better Quaterback? I'm sorry...I feel AB has the tools....I honestly think AB's talent could not flourish under the offemsive scheme he was under. He is better at short passing and rolling out.
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That's why I would be curious to see what Payton could do with AB. Hell, he turned Quincy Carter, Vinny Testaverde, and Drew Bledsoe into 3000-yard passers, and none of those guys have half the athletic ability that AB has. This guy is good with QBs, and although its true that you can't teach somebody to be smart, you CAN coach them up and make them comfortable with a system (so they feel like the know it well).
That's why I'm opposed to getting Kitna. He's just not that good. ESPN graded him out at a 69, AB is a 73. Although I don't know how much faith I put in those rankings (even though for the most part I believe their pretty accurate), I still think that bringing Kitna here is a short-term fix that wouldn't even be a fix. It would just be making our team worse. But if we draft Leinart and don't keep AB, and we don't want Leinart to start right away (which I don't think would be that bad of a thing), then I guess we'd have to sign a guy like Kitna or Volek to a one-year deal to give Leinart a little learning time.
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Over and over the argument goes. The essential problem is that NO COACH in history can make Brooks understand that a Football TEAM is composed on more than just Brooks. He has a million dollar arm, a 10 cent brain, and a 2 cent heart. He's not a team player, nor is he coachable. Payton really didn't do that much with Quincy Carter (another QB with "GREAT POTENTIAL) because Carter wouldn't follow the system.
When you look at the former players, announcers, newspaper writers, general managers, and coaches the same story comes out about Brooks almost to a man. "Brooks is inconsistent, unreliable and a coach killer." Finney, Triplett, DeShazier, Lagarde, Mickles, Jim Henderson, Hokie Gajan, Bobby Hebert, Buddy Dildoberto, Kevin Foote, Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Phil Simms, Dan Marino, Steve Young, Michael Irwin, Mike Ditka, and numerous others have all said the same thing. Brooks lacks football sense, discipline, and leadership.
What does it take for folks to see that Aaron Brooks is not the man for this team any more. Whether or not it was poor coaching, poor managementl, or poor judgement in getting him in the first place, we'll never know. One thing we do know, with Brooks we were never better than 8-8 at best 9-7. I'm for getting Kitna for a year, let Leinhart learn the system under Payton, and cut him loose. While Kitna's "Stats" ain't real great, he did turn Cincy around. He played with a poor Seattle team and wasn't seen as great, but he isn't shabby either. Kitna did drop the ball in the Pitt game, but he also recovered the ball. More that we can say for "Slippery Balls" Brooks. So send "fumbles" on his way to laugh and yuk it up with some other poor coach who believes in his "Potential." I, for one, have had more than enough of Mr. Brooks.