Mr. Scot

Again...good luck with that

Quotes from Thomas Brown himself... Thomas Brown has had just more than seven weeks since he agreed to terms to become the Panthers' new offensive coordinator to work on building a new playbook from the ground up. ... "You come in with the thought process because you understand what you're interviewing for and what job you're about to accept," Brown said. "But it's always different when you get there. There are always new challenges, new ideas that come up, and things you probably haven't prepared for, which is probably part of on-the-job training. I don't care how long you've done it; it's going to always happen to some capacity." ... Brown's experiences – especially his past with the Rams – color the Panthers' new playbook. Input from head coach Frank Reich and position coaches, along with their roster evaluations, have also played vital roles. And yes, the playbook was built from the ground up. "The beginning for myself and the rest of the staff was really breaking everything down to build it back up," Brown said. "So building a brand-new offense from ground zero essentially based on what we've done before, both myself in my previous experiences from the Rams, but also in college as well. Then kind of blending together with what Frank has done, and guys in the room as well." Thomas Brown dives into the work behind creating all-new playbook

Unless you've got some Urban Meyer style dysfunction going on behind the scenes, you're not gonna know something like that in just one year. Plenty of coaches who turned out to be great got off to rough starts.

And that's an idea you're comfortable with?

Not saying he is. But we've seen a couple of would look to be questionable roster management choices this year. Heck, that was one of Ron Rivera's downfalls. Just hoping it's not a trend...

And if we clean house here, who's doing all the hiring?

From Mark Davis? Oh, hell no

Dave Ziegler, hired January 30th 2022... Josh McDaniels, hired January 31st 2022 I've seen a couple of people talk about simultaneous hiring as if it were some kind of guarantee for success. It really isn't. McDaniels and Ziegler were hired together. Hell, they even had an extensive background of working together. Hiring circumstances don't guarantee anything.

...against mostly terrible teams. He really only had one quality win (Detroit) but also one painful loss in a horribly coached game against the Bucs where he stood by and watched Mike Evans score the same way repeatedly. That performance probably cost him the job as much as anything else.

I put them in the same category. Basically, "brains" as opposed to brawn. It's ultimately semantics...

Maybe, but I'm not so sure of that. One of the areas where I have questions about Reich is his depth chart decision making. The aforementioned Raheem Blackshear not getting reps previously is an example of why. Likewise, Tommy Tremble is starting to look decent but was sitting behind Ian Thomas on the depth chart.

It was reported previously that the Raiders "couldn't afford" to fire McDaniels because they couldn't muster the cash to pay two head coaches at once. Guess we'll find out...for the next four years.

This is never a good assumption. Davis is not someone i'd ever hold up as an example to follow.

Meanwhile in Chicago...

Never liked McDaniels as a head coach.. Granted, I could have seen hiring him over Matt Rhule, but hey... In years past though, I'd have taken him as an offensive coordinator in a heartbeat. Anymore, not so sure I'd even do that.

Good luck with that... The Raiders have been operating this way since Davis's father was alive and it's gotten them nowhere. The alternative is to not be dumb.

Fast processing is part of being smart.

You are living in a parallel universe...or more correctly, a fantasy world. I like Steve Wilks, but as a head coach he's heavily overrated by the fanbase here for last season. Hell, he's running a defense with some of the best talent in the league and in danger of getting fired.

This is what that approach gets you. Football doesn't work like real world businesses, at least not established ones. It's closer to a start up that you have to get off the ground...repeatedly. Firing coaches after one or two years and thinking that will make you a winner is pretty much like guaranteeing your wealth and success by buying a lottery ticket.

Balls aren't much good without brains. Unless Davis goes outside for help, the next GM and coach will still be his pick. (and probably be lousy...again)

Polian was around when they were talking about Reich because he's an old acquaintance. (and a big fan)

I never pay attention to that talk. It's pretty much always bull. It's what they say privately that matters.

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That guy has a similar name to a legit account I've seen. He got me once before