To a degree you are correct. There have been areas that MM needs to improve upon. But there are no perfect coaches in the NFL, there never has been. Look at Lombardi (at the risk of getting banned for life, I want to make a point here.) His team had, at one time, 10 HOFs (iirc) and an additional 10 future or past probowlers. They were far better than any other team at the time. Yet they never went undefeated.
Coaches do get better. Was Cowher a good coach for 14 years and then suddenly got great in his 15th year as HC when he won the SB? Didn't Belichek fail in Cleveland before succeeding in NE?
There are some things that MM is better than average as a coach. In my opinion, if he gets a new OL coach and a new ST coach, he is going to look much better as a coach next year.
Strike that - it should have read: WHEN he gets a new OL coach . . .
Right. There are some areas that MM is better than average. That's why I say he's a good coach. He's a better coach than a lot out there, better than Childress, than Phillips, Turner, Lewis...
Yes, if he has a great team he would be champion. He doesn't. He needs to adapt. He can't. That's the problem.
We had a DC that was pretty good, when he had a full team, capable of pressure the QB.
Once he had to adapt, he failed miserably.
Bob Sanders was a good DC.
How do you know McCarthy isn't or won't be a great coach? As some others have pointed out, the great Bill Cowher took 15 years to win a Super Bowl.
And, how about a guy like Mike Ditka. Was he a great coach in Chicago and suddenly became a ***** in New Orleans? Was Brian Billick a great coach? His career mark ... 80-64 in the regular season.
And how do we know Chuck Noll was a great coach? After all, he had Terry Bradshaw, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, Mel Blount, Jack Ham, Franco Harris, Mike Webster, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth. Was it the players or the coach?
How about a guy like Marv Levy? He never won a Super Bowl, but a pretty good coach.
Oh, MM isn't a great coach, by any stretch. Too many shortcomings to be one.
Some coaches you mentioned, that's why I said IN RULE. I really need to start putting it in bold, because people can't seem to notice it.
About Chuck Noll, HE build that team. HE chose those players. Plus, it was HIS system. If you think Noll, Jimmy Johnson, Lombardi, Bill Walsh, Bellichick, Parcells, Gibbs weren't GREAT coaches, you're on the wrong track...
08 Colts, and Bear games
Last year at the time we played these two teams I felt we were the lesser team.
Dallas and Raven games
Bears I absolutely disagree. Dallas I agree. Ravens no way, we were the better team.
Still, that's my point. Few games.
Now, Lions, Redskins, Dolphins, Tampa Bay, Cincinatti, Houston, Tampa Bay in 08... This from the top of my head.
Quite a few eh?