Yahoo Sports on McCarthy's Departure

Tobias-Reiper · 01-22-2005, 09:26 AM

... it is true that McCarthy didn\'t throw that backward pass...
... however...
... there is a reason why the offense is centered around the QB and not Dulymus, and it is not that Brooks is a bigger threat than Deuce...
... and that reason (I believe) is McCarthy trying to follow in the \"Walsh tree\"...
Walsh had Montana
Sheiffert had Young
Holmgren Favre
Reid has McNabb
... McCarthy wants to create \"his\" QB...
...don\'t forget, it was McCarthy that took a special interest in Brooks at the combine, convinced Holmgren to draft him, then convinced both Mueller and Haslett to bring him to the Saints, so McCarthy obviously will feature his QB more than the RB,no matter what... simple as that...

..so, while Brooks may be a self-centered ego-maniac who thinks he\'s a great QB, you have to credit McCarthy for creating that beast...

The thing is, Brooks has the physical ability to play the position, but he\'s mentally not there. I\'m not saying Brooks is an idiot, not even saying that Brooks is not smart... but it is going to take an OC that is going to tell Brooks he\'s not a great QB and teach him to play the position... I don\'t know that could happen at this stage in New Orleans, though...

[Edited on 22/1/2005 by Tobias-Reiper]

01-22-2005, 09:26 AM	#11
Tobias-Reiper Merces Letifer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,161	Yahoo Sports on McCarthy's Departure ... it is true that McCarthy didn\'t throw that backward pass... ... however... ... there is a reason why the offense is centered around the QB and not Dulymus, and it is not that Brooks is a bigger threat than Deuce... ... and that reason (I believe) is McCarthy trying to follow in the \"Walsh tree\"... Walsh had Montana Sheiffert had Young Holmgren Favre Reid has McNabb ... McCarthy wants to create \"his\" QB... ...don\'t forget, it was McCarthy that took a special interest in Brooks at the combine, convinced Holmgren to draft him, then convinced both Mueller and Haslett to bring him to the Saints, so McCarthy obviously will feature his QB more than the RB,no matter what... simple as that... ..so, while Brooks may be a self-centered ego-maniac who thinks he\'s a great QB, you have to credit McCarthy for creating that beast... The thing is, Brooks has the physical ability to play the position, but he\'s mentally not there. I\'m not saying Brooks is an idiot, not even saying that Brooks is not smart... but it is going to take an OC that is going to tell Brooks he\'s not a great QB and teach him to play the position... I don\'t know that could happen at this stage in New Orleans, though... [Edited on 22/1/2005 by Tobias-Reiper]
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