A typical case in point may not be technical football knowledge but a philosophy which we may well be as qualified as any coach. In the last year of Jake Plummers days in Airizona it was clear he would not be comming back. Most of us on the board continually wondered when we were clearly out of the hunt that we start McCown or Parsons. The reasons are clear and obvious as we would have a better handle on what we had to start this season. You did not be a brainy head coach to figure this out. Our coaching staff and or management continued to trot Jake out there until the end to what purpose. I will say we were all smarter than the head coach and or management on this point.
I think you shoot yourself right in the foot with this paragraph.
You apparently try to demonstrate how much more intelligent "we" are, but to me your very points mentioned demonstrate "we" may be a little bit of a legend in "our" own minds.
First of all it would be my contention that your initial statement " it was clear he would not be comming back." is not a fact at all.
I maintain, as I did then, that yes, near the end of that year it became evident to many, even most of us who generally liked Jake, that it was probably best for both him and the team to make a change. In spite of that, the team had to look at what the "real" options were that existed at that point.
Even I maintained that Josh was nowhere near ready. The best bet was going to be through free agency.
And until that day when Jake actually signed with Denver, he was still a legitimate option the Cards still had on the table.
Kordell came in and outsmarted himself....thank you, thank you, thank you, Lord.
Blake then entered the picture and seemed a reasonable as any "gamble" at that point.
Yes, I would agree that even most likely the Cards front office was ready for a change, but as the old saying goes: "Don't throw out the old razor blade until you actually have the new one to replace it".
And until late into the season, it was still not a forgone conclusion that Jake would be gone.
Yet you post as if you have some divine knowledge of what others were thinking. Your "facts" are not as factual as you would make them seem to be, and actually very debateable indeed.
I think I remember a poll as to who we should draft last year. I think I remember Big Ben to be #1 on our collective poll. We all read what the various experts had to say and his performance at the workouts. We as individuals had as much info on these guys as a head coach . At this point in the season who looks better on who we should haved drafted? Big Ben as a rookie has won 5 straight. Fitz still has a lot of potential. Green had personal ties with Fitz and you wonder just how much this influenced him? It is not as if we did not have some good receivers. We definitely did not have a proven QB. You do not need to be an experienced head coach to make informed judgements on such matters.
Again, another set of "facts" that may not be totally factual. It also reeks, to me of what I call the "fantasy sports league" mind set. The concepts expressed sound more like reading a the latest issue of 'Gamer's Fantasy Stat's' or something.
Ignoring the innuendos and subleties of concepts like "team", "environment" 'dynamics of the unique situation" such as existing team composition, needs, situation, etc, etc, etc.
All those things IMO trumps any statistics or numbers as such.
I've been as critical of Green as anyone, but I don't care who he took with the #3 spot be it Fitz, Roth, Williams or whomever. Time could very easily prove taking Fitz to have been a key turning point in the long term success of this team, as much or more than anyone else could have.
Any of those 3 would help any team. The key is how eachs talents/skills are most optomized for them AND the team they go to as far as fitting each others needs.
