No. Success can't be a result of players, it has to be coaches.

Explain why coaches get fired for piss poor results, then. It is not just looking for a scapegoat. It is because coaches matter. A lot!

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As evidenced by the difference between Pagano and Reich.


Pagano was not just a bad coach in 2017, when the Andrew Luckless Colts went 4-12 ........ he was a bad coach when the Colts were having back-to-back solid seasons in 2013 and 2014, and back-to-back mediocre seasons in 2015 and 2016.

Similarly, Jim Caldwell was not just a bad coach when the Peyton Manningless Colts went 2-14 in 2011 ........ he was a bad coach when the Colts had arguably their best overall team in recent memory in 2009, and when they had a solid 10-6 season in 2010. ) *



* ) All of the above is my rat's ass of an opinion

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It's telling that you started a defense against the correct answer before I could even answer the question. It is scapegoating. You can't just cut all the players and the fans want change, easiest thing to do is fire the coach.

No, it is not. If that were the case, replacement coaches would get the same results as their predecessors. That rarely happens. Like, almost never. Try again.

Nagy replaces Fox...The Bears improve immensely.
Reich replaces Pagano...The Colts improve immensely.
McVay replaces Fischer...The Rams improve immensely.
Interim Coach Gregg Williams replaces Hue Jackson...The Browns improve immensely.

If anyone wants to keep going back through the years, the same scenarios play out over and over again. Such as Andy Reid replacing Romeo Crennel.

So when competent coaching replaces bad coaching, it does fucking matter.

3 of 4 are offensive minded head coaches who inherited an excellent QB who was coming off of either their rookie season or a season lost to injury, and the 4th is an interim head coach. Clearly it's all the coaching.

You've never heard of roster turnover? You change the players, you get different results. You replace Jacoby Brissett with Andrew Luck and Antonio Morrison with Darius Leonard and of course you're going to see drastic improvement.

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Bill Parcells, with 3 different horrible franchises (the Giants, the Patriots, and the Jets.)


1) l He had the Giants in the playoffs in his 2nd season (1984), and had them in the Super Bowl in his 4th (1986.)

With the exception of the strike-interrupted season in 1987, the Giants continued to be a power in 1988 (10-6), 1989 (12-4), and 1990 (Super Bowl champions) before he stepped down as their head coach.


2) l He took over an absolutely moribund Patriots franchise in 1993, had them in the playoffs in 1994, and had them in the Super Bowl in 1996.


3) l He took over a Jets team that had gone 1-15 in 1996, 3-13 in 1995, and had not had a winning season since 1988.

They immediately improved to 9-7 in his first season with them (1997), and he took them to the AFC Championship game in his 2nd season (1998.)



He had similar success with the Cowboys, who had gone 5-11 in their previous 3 seasons before he got there.

He immediately took them to the playoffs in his first season with them (2003) with a record of 10-6. He had 2 more winning seasons in his tenure with them (2005 and 2006) before retiring for good.

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(vs. TITANS, 12/30)



Luck finished the season with a solid effort, going 24-for-35 with 3 TD's, 1 INT, and 285 yards passing.

The INT was a very bad decision, and it cost the Colts big-time when it occurred ........ a pick-6 that immediately got the Titans back in the game at 14-7, after the Colts had dominated on both sides of the ball up until that point.



For the season overall, Luck had ........


A career-high 4,593 Yards Passing

A career-high 67.3% Pass Completion Rate

A career-high 98.7 Rating

A career-high 71.5 QB Rating

A career-best (and league-best) Sacks Rate of 2.7% (18 Sacks in 639 Pass Attempts)

39 TD Passes (1 shy of his career-high of 40)

15 INT's

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