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Some of which didn't even make any narrative sense that I can understand. Oher's sister in the movie was portrayed as a volleyball player. In reality, she was a pole vaulter (and an all state one at that). Likewise, the roadside incident happened on a cold morning, not a rainy night. Maybe the rainy night was more dramatic, don't know. One I kinda get: In response to racist taunts, Oher wasn't passive. He actually flipped off some of the people who were acting like jerks (not necessarily what you want from a sympathetic character in a family movie). More examples here... History vs Hollywood: The Blind Side

Kinda doubt the family wrote the story that way because the book was written first. And while I've heard plenty of complaints about the movie, I can't recall any about the book. As has been discussed, Hollywood's record with true story movies is pretty much sh-t, and I'm pretty sure the book's author has said as much on this adaptation as well.

I don't know that he was "not good" so much as just not worth what he was getting paid. (that happens a lot these days) I'd kinda like to see what he could do with Campen coaching him.

Well, meaning that the rest of them are just flat out fiction and don't claim to be anything else. The "based on a true story" ones though? Yeah, there's a long history with those. The majority would probably say "loosely based" or "kind of based" or just "we took this idea from" if the descriptions were really accurate. The epitome of that for me is "Titanic". I think Honest Trailers summed it up best when they said "from the event that's spawned dozens of compelling true stories comes this...fake one" (some descendants of the actual people involved wound up pretty pissed off about that one)

He got the kind of guys he wanted though. I remember it being mentioned (probably by either Darin Gantt or Joe Person) that Fox didn't believe in franchise quarterbacks. He was one of those guys who always wanted the offense to do "just enough" while the defense carried the team. Seriously doubt you ever could have sold him on a Cam Newton type. Worked with Rivera though, probably because one of his mentors used Randall Cunningham the same way.

Ouch...

You had me up till that last phrase

Fox certainly didn't improve his image after leaving, especially with his last job. He does have the distinction of being the only coach I know who managed to leave two different teams for new jobs without actually getting fired (contract expiration). Rivera still has a chance to prove he's better than how it turned out here, but he may not have very long to do so.

I missed it till now. I think it's great

Some kind of college assistant / consultant. I remember looking it up when we were staffing. I remember someone else saying that he reportedly doesn't want to call plays anymore. Edit: Looked it up out of curiosity. He's at Boston College where his current title is Associate Head Coach.

I could get on board with that. I feel like it's always worth mentioning when we're talking O-Line that as a position group, chemistry / continuity matters probably more than it does anywhere else on the field. You could argue secondary is up there too but I think the line is where it matters most. Keeping that group together was a big part of what made us successful last year. Here's hoping the same applies to this season as well.

Doesn't that happen pretty much every year?

Definitely fun, though over time Chudzinsky kind of outsmarted himself. Speculation has suggested it became more about his head coaching aspirations than actually doing his job. His post Panthers career path was damn near bizarre. I feel like there's a lot of untold stories there that we'd love to hear but probably never will.

It was. There are a number of websites that compare the real story to the movie. This is one I've seen do "The Blind Side" as well as several others. History vs Hollywood

So yes, but no, but yes, but...yeah Ron's "history" isn't something I would want to hang my hat on, especially when it comes to hiring the right people. That's why my answer is a firm, and unequivocal, "no".

Sounds like that's where the conservatorship came into play, though I grant it's all strange. Never read the book, but now I'm thinking about it. The author definitely seems to have a lot of insight (as LP quoted above).

Declining royalty checks? Why?

Refer to stats as the standard for judging losing seasons... Make wins and losses a quarterback stat when it suits the argument... And then accuse me of being "all over the map"... Yeah, this is what I expected I gave you a yes or no option on the central discussion. Are you going to actually answer it or just try to muddle things further?

Do we really know that, though? Mentioned previously that people who get featured in "based on a true story" movies rarely get any sort of creative control. There are plenty of previous examples who testify to that. Whether or not there was any of that here is one of the big questions I have.

I should add this is one of those stories where I kind of wonder how much of the true story is ever really going to get out. I know the world today is one where you're lucky if people read past the headlines, and headlines can be misleading. And once you get past initial opinions, people stop paying attention. So who knows?

One other thing I'd like to know would be whether or not anyone in the family had any sort of creative input to how the movie portrayed characters and events. Pretty sure the answer to that is no because that rarely happens in Hollywood. Adrian Cronauer talked about how much the studio twisted the events of Good Morning Vietnam for dramatic effect. Similar stuff happened with Argo and other movies. The Blind Side was no exception, especially when it came to Oher. He's always had a legitimate beef with his portrayal in the movie as an oafish clod who knew nothing about football. There's been plenty of documentation just how wrong that characterization was. Again though, I kinda doubt the family is to blame for that.

Yeah, saw that... And naturally, I'll be forwarding that information to Lady Cowboy Fan.

That's what I'd expect. Also, as others have said, I'd expect accounting to find the people who made the movie also made way more of a profit than any of the people it was based on did.

Here's the crux of the question @CRA Would you trust Ron Rivera to be in charge of Bryce Young's development as a quarterback? This is what the whole discussion has been about, and it's a simple yes or no question. So what's your answer?