GumboBC

When a team isn't doing well, fans want to place the blame somewhere.

Someone has to be held accountable, right?

Most of the time -- fans like to blame the coach first and the QB second.

Next in line are usually the offensive and defensive coordinators. Not necessarily in that order!!

Take ANY team that is losing and it's usually always the coach, QB, offensive coordintor, or defensive coordinator that is the problem.

But, from what I can tell, just about ANY coach can win if he's got enough talented players to work with.


I believe there are only 2 kind of coaches in the NFL.

1. Those coaches who have been fired.
(Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, Dan Reeves, Jim Fassel)

2. Those coaches who will be fired.
(Mike Holmgren, Mike Shannhan, John Gruden?)

You've got some coaches who go out on top, like: Bill Walsh. But if he had of stuck around long enough he would have probably ended up being fired...

Then you have coaches like Jimmy Johnson who just gave up and quit because he couldn't get it done with the dolphins....

So, I think a good arguement can be made that coaching alone isn't the answer. And if coaching alone isn't the answer, then I don't think coaching alone should get so much blame.

Then there's the QB. Brett Favre went to 2 super bowls early in his career. After that, Favre has really struggled in the playoffs. Despite having a better offense now than in his super bowl years, Favre can't get his team back to the super bowl.

Then there's Kurt Warner who went to 2 super bowls himself. And was even the MVP one year. If you believe Mike Martz, it was the "system" and not the QB. And Martz is kind of proving that with Mark Bulger. Though, I think Marshall Faulk had a lot to do with the success the Rams had. And I believe the Rams decline has to do with the declining play of Marshall Faulk.

Then you have a QB like Delhomme who went to the super bowl one year and finished 7-9 the next year.

Or a Trent Dilfer who won a super bowl one year and wasn't even the starter the next year.

I will say this, I believe the teams who enjoy the most succes have franchise QB's. I think the teams who have a QB who can only manage the game are usually one-year wonders...

IMO, you need a QB who can make those one or two critical plays when the game is on the line. Whether that be in the air or on the ground.

But, those franshise QB's need help. They can't do it alone.

Instead of placing the blame in the usual areas. I think there's plenty of other factors that are more to blame........usually!!

If you want a consistent winner, defense is probably the place to start. And if you want to consistently lose, having a poor defense will accomplish that goal.

In the NFL, the best defense isn't a good offense. It's the other way around.

And if you want a consistent running game. The offensive line is the place to start. Unless you've got Barry Sanders.


If you want linebackers who make a lot of plays, the defensive line is the place to start. Let's fact it, linebackers just don't match-up well with 300lb. offensive linemen. You need those D-linemen who can keep the blockers off the linebackers.

Just a little food for thought.....