The guy might be a good coach, but let's look at what he has done in this century;
In 2000 he was in KC and his special teams ranked
25th out of 30 teams.
In 2001 he was in Washington, where his units ranked
17th out of 30 teams.
In 2002 still in Washington, his units finished
31st out of 32 teams.
In 2003 coaching in Washinton they rose to
19th out of 32 teams.
In 2004 in St Louis his special teams ranked last/
32nd of 32 teams.
(NOTE: He sat out in 2005 with hip surgery)
So his 5 year average was 25th (two years out of 30 and three years out of 32 teams) This was under 4 different head coaches -- so attempts to but this on Martz (whom he only coached for one season) are pretty weak attempts at rationalization IMO
IPBprez said:
Bruce said:
ag said:
bruce, at least he has some history. i will take him over the pathetic special teams under mike sherman. i will at least give him the opportunity to show what he can do here.
Head to head the numbers don't look good.
Under Bonamego, the Packers ranked eighth in '03, ninth in '04 and 31st in '05 -- when the Packers went into many weeks without a full roster and were scrambling to sign NFLE quality players
Hold on now - ag's right - you take away the Rams job and he looks waay better than Bonamego. We all know a definite change was in order - how many times did Bonamego ever get a Desmond Howard run back....ever?
What's more, I read that Mike Martz was even more controlling than Mike Sherman (Havel reported that MS wouldn't allow Assistants to chew out the Players... why is that?). Martz would allow Special Teams to practice with a certain set of Players and approach - then on Friday switch everythng without warning - I read a similar report about Sherman some time ago --- that will kill a team's option for winning every time... Let's back up the ship just a bit and see what happens.