Interesting analysis on just how awful the play calling was in 2017.

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Originally Posted by albany ed

When this board first began having "fire Pagano" posts, some of his defenders claimed it wasn't his fault, that Grigson was forcing him to start players and run the team the way Grigson dictated. I remember saying at that time, I DON'T WANT A COACH WHO WOULD DO GRIGSON'S BIDDING JUST TO SAVE HIS JOB! I want a coach who would say "KMA" I'm the coach and I'll run this team the way I feel it should be run. Pagano didn't do that, he was more interested in keeping his job than he was in doing his job.

There is no actual evidence to say that grigson was forcing his hand on who to play. All that was leaked to the media and more than likely from pagano to gain public support. And it worked