Alright - I'll be done with this after I address these quotes. Like always, discussing things with you becomes an argument in futility. You glom onto something like Sammy Watkins or Teddy Bridgewater or any number of positions and try to form the argument to fit you. And I've got other posts to read in my limited time.
When did the Browns make the playoffs in the past 5-10 years?
You're moving the goal-posts again.
The only goal post I set was a slightly exaggerated one of not having sniffed the playoffs. I never said anything about any 5-10 year span. That was yours. The fact of the matter is that unfortunately, we are not alone in being out of the playoffs most years. And acting like simply changing head coaches gets us there is not born out in the NFL.
Like I said before, this is football, not rocket science.
And anyone who can cook can run a restaurant. Anyone who can make their garden look good can run a landscape firm. Right. Got it. I wish I knew it was that simple. It's utterly laughable.
As much as you repeat that the people running the show are experts and know so much more than the fans, it's not getting anywhere with me. It's simply not true.
I don't really care if it's getting anywhere with you. You have almost no clue about all it takes to run a football organization from the HC position. Neither do I and neither do 99.9% (actual stat I made up on the spot) of the fans.
Like I said before, this is football, not rocket science.
No. It's building the organization that makes the rockets. The rocket scientists work for the person in charge.
Spare me. You've spent the past few posts telling us all that fans don't know crap.
No. I've said that the fans aren't informed or experienced enough to make the decisions a HC is expected to make. We have some VERY knowledgeable fans on here. But does anyone want them to be our HC? Does anyone want them to actually choose our next HC? They may get it right. But there is no accountability and if they are wrong, they can simply rail against THAT guy.
I'm fairly sure most sensible fans know they are not as informed or trained in the field enough to actually make all the decisions an NFL exec or HC is responsible to make. Could they get up to speed faster than some of the dolts that have risen through the old boys network? Almost without a doubt. Are they there now? No.
I absolutely do. But continue putting these guys on a pedestal. You'd be shocked at how many unqualified people there are working in the NFL.
What pedestal? They are simply products of a system. Unfortunately for your argument, they are in the system and are privy to far more information and training than any of us.
The law isn't rocket science. I was a pre-law major in college before I changed it. Can I suddenly be an attorney?
Really good at evaluating talent. There are fans out there who are quite good at it. It's funny because you couldn't draft much worse than the Rams did during the 2000s if you tried. There were a ton of fans out there who could have picked better players than we did.
There are always draft mocks. You do many yourself. Are you telling me that your draft for a team always works out better than the team's actual draft? I'm pretty sure you've had some big misses in there or at minimum many players that have done far better than your picks.
Look back at the many mocks. There are some hits out there. But there are a ton of players none of us have ever heard of that get drafted and are making plays in the NFL. That doesn't mean that the fans aren't good at evaluating talent. Some seem quite adept at it and even find the hidden gems while some just regurgitate what they read. It simply means that the guys in the NFL have more information, greater networking, more time spent evaluating players throughout history, etc....
Most chefs that graduate from the most prestigious culinary schools in the world have no business opening a restaurant right out of school. That is not a knock on them. It's just a fact of life and business.
Baalke thought the control and power should be his.
You mean Baalke thought he should control his own job? The nerve.
I don't really care about the shit that went on in SF. If Harblow were to become our next HC, I wouldn't care about any of it and would only hope he was a team player that would get us consistently to the level we haven't been in some time. I'm a fan. I don't know everything that went on there and neither do you. If he comes here, I will simply cheer him as a Rams HC.
