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Originally Posted by dalakhani
In watching this weekend's games, I have to ask myself how some of these participants remain employed in the NFL. My list with comments:
Norv Turner:
what is his claim to fame? That he was successful in calling plays for one of the most talented offenses in NFL history? How hard would it be to call plays when your QB, TB, FB, TE, WR and half of your line will all one day be in the hall of fame? And what has he done since? Complete failure in Washington. Complete failure in Oakland. and for this, he gets rewarded with guiding a team that was 14-2 last year.
where are they now? 1-2 and have looked extremely flat for better parts of all 3 games. Way to go Norv. Lets make Ladanian look like Cedric Benson and lets make the defense look like they should be in Cincinatti. This team is too talented NOT to recover and at least make the playoffs in that weak division. But contenders? No way...not with Norv at the helm.
Rex Grossman:
How does he still have a job? Yes, he has a great arm. Yes, at times he can make exceptional plays. But how can you not give him the hook especially after what he did last night? He is wildly inaccurate and his decisions are just terrible.
Find a custodian to play QB and play defense and field position. This guy does nothing but lose you games.
Dick Jauron:
How does this guy have a job? He has ONE winning season and that was pretty much a lucky team that got on a roll. Other than that, his teams have been really bad. Where are the bills again this season?
John Kitna:
you invest tons of money and early draft picks to assemble a tandem of receivers that are prototypes for what NFL receivers will be ten years from now. And you get John Kitna to throw to them? 36-46 lifetime record as a starter John Kitna? anyone can put up stats...but can you win with this guy? History says NO.
I am sure I can think of more. These are the ones that are in my head right now.
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Kitna/Grossman:
NFL coaches do screw up but almost invariably the best QB n the team plays. If Griese or Orton were better than Grossman, one of them would be be playing right now.
As for Kitna, he's not the greatest but you can't expect the guy to be able to run-block or rush the ball. If you bet the Lions yesterday (as I did) you had to be willing to be blinded by their 2-0 start vs lousy teams and not count against them the fact they rushed for about 50 yards vs Minnesota.
Detroit ran for about 40 yards at Philadelphia and that was the end of that. If you can't run the ball on the road vs a decent or better team, chances are you are going to get killed as they did.
Turner/Jauron:
I think you're correct, at least as far as in-game coaching goes. But I think in-game coaching is probably undervalued when teams hire and these guys are probably very good all-around coaches. How many real good game coaches are there these days? Buff got stomped by NE which is no surprise really and SD hasn't run the ball well all year and got picked apart late by Favre.