Fitz on Doucet: "He reminds me of Q..."

[CardLogic]

Forget the players or the front office, the Cards turn around is due to one man, Ken Whisenhunt, who should have been the unanimous choice for Coach of the Year in 2008.

Yep!

 

[Duckjake]

Yep!

That was such a disgrace to the NFL.

Whisenhunt comes to a franchise that had been 5-11, 4-12, 6-10, 5-11, and 5-11 and wins 17 games and makes the Super Bowl in only two seasons. How could he not be Coach of the Year?

Especially since that team had been 5-11 for two years in a row with the SAME KEY PLAYERS!

 

[kerouac9]

That was such a disgrace to the NFL.

Whisenhunt comes to a franchise that had been 5-11, 4-12, 6-10, 5-11, and 5-11 and wins 17 games and makes the Super Bowl in only two seasons. How could he not be Coach of the Year?

Especially since that team had been 5-11 for two years in a row with the SAME KEY PLAYERS!

Isn't Coach of the Year handed out at the end of the regular season?

I understand your argument, but the Cards were the best team in a terrible division in 2008. What Mike Smith did in Atlanta in 2008 was pretty impressive. That Falcons team was in total disarray--their last head coach had quit on them in the final stretch of the season--literally (instead of figuratively like Denny did after the Chicago game). Rookie QB, new RB, underachieving WR corps, rookie LT. Pretty impressive stuff.

I think that if Whis can win 11 games again this season, he'll be a shoo-in for that award.

 

[Duckjake]

Isn't Coach of the Year handed out at the end of the regular season?

I understand your argument, but the Cards were the best team in a terrible division in 2008. What Mike Smith did in Atlanta in 2008 was pretty impressive. That Falcons team was in total disarray--their last head coach had quit on them in the final stretch of the season--literally (instead of figuratively like Denny did after the Chicago game). Rookie QB, new RB, underachieving WR corps, rookie LT. Pretty impressive stuff.

I think that if Whis can win 11 games again this season, he'll be a shoo-in for that award.

So what? The Cardinals franchise had been in total disarray for 30 years! Their last HC went nuts on National TV and it was the second time that happened. They had talented players and were still losing 10+ games a year! They had finished bottom 10 in defense for 19 of the last 20 seasons! To finish 9-7 and win the division with the Cards is the same as finishing 15-1 with the Steelers or the Colts and winning the SB.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Q is Q and he will always be unique and a special player in my heart when he was with the Cardinals. We will never forget that guy but we will more than accept Doucet. We should be really excited about Doucet, more so than Roberts. Early proved it last year when he got the chance and he was a complete stud at LSU and one of the main reasons the Raiders screwed up and drafted Russell. It was not the quality of the QB that made LSU light up the scoreboard, it was the dynamic WRs and the Raiders did not realize that.

 

[vince56]

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"Yo Matt!! It's a pass, not a punt, how about you throw one that's not in freaking orbit?!"

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

Nobody is going to forget Q. I'm surprised by how often I hear this...

Who is this "Q" you speak of?

 

[WarnerHOF]

So what? The Cardinals franchise had been in total disarray for 30 years! Their last HC went nuts on National TV and it was the second time that happened. They had talented players and were still losing 10+ games a year! They had finished bottom 10 in defense for 19 of the last 20 seasons! To finish 9-7 and win the division with the Cards is the same as finishing 15-1 with the Steelers or the Colts and winning the SB.

To be honest, we were thought of as the best bad team in a bad division team after we got thrashed by some of the better teams in the league. If we actually came to play against the likes of the Vikings, Pats, Eagles etc than he might've won the award.

 

[Reddog]

Realistically, the skill-set is there.

The only question I have is: "Can Early be as physically tough as Q was?"

No knock on Doucet - Boldin was a beast and the bar he set in terms of toughness & determination was extremely high.

I hope not because that would mean injuries and shorter seasons. At 205 you can be physical but you dont have to impersonate a fullback. I hope he has his intensity.

 

[kerouac9]

To be honest, we were thought of as the best bad team in a bad division team after we got thrashed by some of the better teams in the league. If we actually came to play against the likes of the Vikings, Pats, Eagles etc than he might've won the award.

That's right. You can't be coach of the year if your team outright quits or lays an egg in 1/4 of their games (counting the Jets loss).

 

[Leesters]

Nobody is going to forget Q. I'm surprised by how often I hear this...

You could only hope. If Q is "forgotten", that meant something bigger than him happened.

Personally, I think Doucet IS a Boldin clone. Someone said they have different games, and there isn't many recievers I can think of that have as similiar game to Q than Doucet does.
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I expect Doucet to excel. Lienart loves going to the guy, and he's gonna be perfect in that slot position, leaving Fitz and Breaston out to fly.
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He's a great Q replacement. He always gets a first down. That touchdown dive when he lost his helmet was ALL Q, don't you think?

 

[MoeIsBetter]

You could only hope. If Q is "forgotten", that meant something bigger than him happened.

Personally, I think Doucet IS a Boldin clone. Someone said they have different games, and there isn't many recievers I can think of that have as similiar game to Q than Doucet does.
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I expect Doucet to excel. Lienart loves going to the guy, and he's gonna be perfect in that slot position, leaving Fitz and Breaston out to fly.
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He's a great Q replacement. He always gets a first down. That touchdown dive when he lost his helmet was ALL Q, don't you think?

Like I said earlier, I love Doucet...but the one play ur talking about is the type of thing Q did on EVERY play. That's what made Q a "GAM" and one of the most feared WR's in the game. If Doucet becomes 50% of what we had in Q then we are in for a treat but that one play is all it is. One play.

 

[Duckjake]

That's right. You can't be coach of the year if your team outright quits or lays an egg in 1/4 of their games (counting the Jets loss).

I think you can if you are the Head Coach for a franchise that had lost 106 games in the 10 seasons before you were hired.