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Originally Posted by YDFL Commish
His evaluation of Wentz and Ryan was not impeccable. Which, is one of the reasons he's gone. The other 2 reasons is not holding players accountable and burying his head in the playbook and the call sheet for answers.
Whoever our next HC is, I DO NOT want them calling plays on either side of the ball. Coach the whole damn team.
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The ironic thing is, the guy whose fucking job it is to evaluate players IS STILL HERE! How in the world do you blame Reich for shit that’s Ballard’s job description? My guess is Reich was looking for some, any kind of stability at QB. Can you blame him?
Do you think Reich also wanted to choose between a journeyman guard and a 3rd round rookie at LT? Who wasn’t held accountable? Reich was shuffling OL several games prior to being to fired. Let’s not forget Raimann was shit his first few starts as well. Hell the team started the season rotating him in at LT. Teams with solutions at LT don’t have rotations. It’s obvious now it was worth starting Raimann all season, but was it when the team was trying to win at the very beginning of the season? I don’t think so. But if you think it was, what the fuck does it say about Ballard’s evaluation of prior? You know the guy who actually signed him to be the bridge at LT.
I think the issue of Reich calling plays is way overblown, but if it’s such a big deal the team could have forced him to give up that responsibility. However, it’s not unheard of by any means and Reich came from a SB winning team with the exact same structure.
Irsay listened to you guys and sacrificed the scapegoat. So far I’ve failed to see how the team is better for it - except they fell apart so bad they finally have a shot at a QB. But if you think they’d have done decently better under Reich (as I do) and needed him fired to tank, then it’s hardly an indictment of his coaching. More a way to tank. One that turned the team into a laughingstock.