shakes wrote:
He really is a horseshit coach, should've been fired a long time ago.
Called a hell of a defensive game, but no, he is nowhere near HC talent. And this shit has been going on for as long as he has been here. It is amazing that people are not all over this guy. It is nothing new. Same shit year after year, and he gets a pass. Strike that, he gets an extension.
Lovie is a D-coordinator. He cannot run a team. And his captain obvious, blazay attitude, was tired, years ago. He
can oversee adjustments at the half, but not in-game. And those halftime adjustments, are typically, only effective for one or two possessions. Unless we are facing an equally inept coaching staff.
And add Ron Turner to that list. I think the guy does have obvious play calling talent. But somewhere along the line, it gets lost in the storm of BS. And whether that is on Lovie's shoulders, or Turner's alone, we simply cannot know. The going away from, or even, the inability to plug in anything that looks remotely like a gameplan, is a slap in the face. And again, it has been happening for too long. It is downright pathetic.
Despite Cutler's apparent brain farts, it really is hard to pin it on him. It is pretty obvious this is a tale of two halves.
During the first half, the guy is under almost constant pressure, while dealing with WRs who cannot get open, or who simply quit on their routes (and that is another thing that has been going on for 2-3 years, that hasn't been mentioned). So the guy forces things, which we know he does, even before he got on the plane to chicago. Don't get me wrong, he made some god-awful decisions, but when surrounded with such mediocrity, it becomes contagious.
We could have pretty much scraped the bottom of the barrel in FA, and brought in better talent at WR. They should have invited numerous FA WRs.
And despite the notion that the Cardinals were not going to trade Boldin, despite teams being told he was available, and making offers, how don't you get that done? You cannot draft for shit. So pony up whatever it took in picks, and whatever else. The writing is on the wall in Arizona. Same shit as last year. Boldin ended with 2 catches yesterday, and is already bitching on the sideline. I give it till week 8 before it becomes public. How Arizona thinks they needed him, despite their cap concerns, is beyond me. Breaston is a fine #2.