He is declaring that Tom Coughlin needs to go. He hailed the firing of Chip Kelly as long overdue. He is offended by Jason Garret continuing to have a job though not achieving much beyond a .500 record in 5 years.
The reason this bothers him is he believes that when a mediocre white coach is allowed to stay on beyond his expiration date this robs qualified black coaches of an opportunity. This makes sense as a general precept but then you can't necessarily make this a categorical imperative that can never be breached.
Every situation is different. Chip Kelly deserved to go I agree-though some thought he should have gotten another year to try. I don't know that he should have been fired before last week-as this was his first year trying to make it happen as both a coach and a GM-as a coach he had gone 10-6 both years.
If anything, it was surprising that he was let go before the season ended, but I agreed with it. Stephen A believes that Kelly had a race issue based on comments he made about the right 'cutlure' and that he kept Riley Cooper on after his racist rant.
Also because in successive seasons Kelly shipped out DeSean Jackson and LeSean McCoy. Does this show he doesn't like black superstars who speak their minds? For me the problem with Kelly was broader than just race: he doesn't like superstars in general. He wants a system that is all about him.
As Jimmy Johnson said yesterday, the talent Kelly gave away was just unforgivable. And it's clear that Kelly didn't use DeMarco Murray to best effect.
Anyway, it's a good thing that Kelly's gone. It sounds like there's a good replacement out there for him:
"As I read Jenny Vrentas’s excellent piece on Chicago Bears offensive coordinator (and soon to be head coach somewhere) Adam Gase, I couldn’t help but think of Chip Kelly and why he failed in Philadelphia."
"As many have said over the last couple days in regards to Kelly: The NFL is a people business. Kelly, at least in reports, was painted as a sharp mind but inflexible to a fault, unwilling to adjust to the wants and needs of his millionaire employees. Gase (and you should read the whole piece) is also brilliant. And his success has come as something of a chameleon, a guy who is not only willing to take input from players but also willing to delve into their pasts and custom-fit an offense to them."
"If I were an Eagles fan or player, I’d hope Gase is near the top of Philly’s list of candidates."
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/01/02/ryan-fitzpatrick-nfl-free-agency-jets-adam-gase-chip-kelly-tom-coughlin-week-17
Ok, but Tom Coughlin is a totally different story. His situation on the Giants and Kelly's in Philly could not be more different. Here, the team never quit on him and considers to love and respect him. Eli clearly wants him back.
If Coughlin leaves does this mean that offensive coordinator, Bob McAdoo is also gone? That would be, I believe, a huge mistake. Eli and the offense have jumped leaps and bounds in two years under his system
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/01/eli-manning-gets-what-giants-need.html
Coughlin's players want him back:
The seasons now end earlier than they used to, the records under Tom Coughlin only harder to stomach.
But Hakeem Nicks still sees the same coach who led the team to a Super Bowl title less than four years ago.
“He still has the same command when he walks in the room. He is still Coach Coughlin to me,” Nicks said following Sunday’s 35-30 loss to the Eagles, having returned to the Giants in November after leaving before the 2014 season. “He is going to get on you when he needs to get on you and he is going to let you know when you do things right, as well, so it has been a pleasure playing for him."
“I love him as a coach and I love the way he motivates teams.”
"Tight end Will Tye said the players “don’t know anything,” in regards to whether Coughlin will come back for a 13th season with the Giants, but the rookie said he was hopeful his first season wouldn’t be his only season playing under the two-time Super Bowl-winning coach."
“He believed in me before I believed in myself,” said Tye, an undrafted free agent who had 67 yards and a touchdown Sunday. “He has that old-school feel you don’t like, but you know you need. He does the right things and you know he knows what he’s doing. You know he knows best.”
"Running back Rashad Jennings said he would endorse Coughlin’s return “1,000 times,” believing the 69-year-old coach is still the best fit for the team."
“Are you kidding me? That is a guy that has so much command in the room, so much respect amongst his peers and us,” Jennings said. “We will fight for him, continue to follow him and there is no doubt in my mind that [he] is the man for the job.
“He leads the way, he knows the secret recipe to success and there is no question that he is an outstanding coach, and I am definitely proud to play under him.”
If Coughlin isn’t back on the sidelines, the coach has already given Jennings — and his teammates — incredibly useful advice to take into next season.
“I say it all the time, my two years of playing under Coach Coughlin, one of the things that stuck out about him when he was speaking to us as a whole entire team, he said one thing and I wrote it down and it is kind of a staple of how I perceive him,” Jennings said. “He said that, ‘Faces may change, but expectations never will.’ ”
http://nypost.com/2016/01/03/are-you-kidding-me-giants-campaign-for-coughlin-return/
What Stephen A never talks about is Jerry Reese who has given Coughlin a shorthanded roster.
Now as far as Jason Garrett goes, there are a few things. Yes, going by record-and what else should you go by?-he looks mediocre. I agree that in most cases, he'd likely have been fired long ago-though he did have a 12-4 season last year before collapsing this year.
At the end of the day, I think the fact is simply that Jerry Jones likes him. Now in Smith's mind this puts prospective black coaches at a disadvantage. But the reason that Jones likes Garrett isn't necessarily about white privilege. Sometimes an owner will like someone.
Another owner somewhere else could decide he likes a coach who happens to be black and keep the guy on in the long term. As more coaches are black there will be more chances of that situation.
Indeed, the Bengals have kept Marvin Lewis on for 12 years despite not winning a single playoff game in that time-we'll see if they can break that this year.
Smith argued that at least Lewis has made the playoffs. Well, Garret made the playoffs in 2014 and may well have this year if Romo and Dez Bryant aren't injured.
I agree that Lewis has had a lot of regular season success but how many cases have we seen a coach who has made the playoffs two or three straight years with no playoff victories get fired? Obviously the Bengals ownership likes Lewis as well and feel comfortable with him at the helm.
My point is not that I don't think there's anything to Smith's credo but there is no hard and fast rule that can be applied in every situation. 'Ok, so this white coach has had two or three bad years, he needs to go or it's nepotism and white privilege.'
P.S. Don't get me wrong-if I were a Cowboys fan-rather than a Cowboys hater-I'd be awfully frustrated with Jones. He fires a guy who won the Super Bowl twice in a row-Jimmy Johnson-and now keeps a guy on with limited success. but the fans seem to give Jerry a pass.
P.S.S. In general, too, it's a maxim in the NFL that you're better off with continuity in coaching and the front office all things being equal. The teams that make lots of changes at coach are not usually the teams that have much on the field success in the long haul.
The reason this bothers him is he believes that when a mediocre white coach is allowed to stay on beyond his expiration date this robs qualified black coaches of an opportunity. This makes sense as a general precept but then you can't necessarily make this a categorical imperative that can never be breached.
Every situation is different. Chip Kelly deserved to go I agree-though some thought he should have gotten another year to try. I don't know that he should have been fired before last week-as this was his first year trying to make it happen as both a coach and a GM-as a coach he had gone 10-6 both years.
If anything, it was surprising that he was let go before the season ended, but I agreed with it. Stephen A believes that Kelly had a race issue based on comments he made about the right 'cutlure' and that he kept Riley Cooper on after his racist rant.
Also because in successive seasons Kelly shipped out DeSean Jackson and LeSean McCoy. Does this show he doesn't like black superstars who speak their minds? For me the problem with Kelly was broader than just race: he doesn't like superstars in general. He wants a system that is all about him.
As Jimmy Johnson said yesterday, the talent Kelly gave away was just unforgivable. And it's clear that Kelly didn't use DeMarco Murray to best effect.
Anyway, it's a good thing that Kelly's gone. It sounds like there's a good replacement out there for him:
"As I read Jenny Vrentas’s excellent piece on Chicago Bears offensive coordinator (and soon to be head coach somewhere) Adam Gase, I couldn’t help but think of Chip Kelly and why he failed in Philadelphia."
"As many have said over the last couple days in regards to Kelly: The NFL is a people business. Kelly, at least in reports, was painted as a sharp mind but inflexible to a fault, unwilling to adjust to the wants and needs of his millionaire employees. Gase (and you should read the whole piece) is also brilliant. And his success has come as something of a chameleon, a guy who is not only willing to take input from players but also willing to delve into their pasts and custom-fit an offense to them."
"If I were an Eagles fan or player, I’d hope Gase is near the top of Philly’s list of candidates."
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/01/02/ryan-fitzpatrick-nfl-free-agency-jets-adam-gase-chip-kelly-tom-coughlin-week-17
Ok, but Tom Coughlin is a totally different story. His situation on the Giants and Kelly's in Philly could not be more different. Here, the team never quit on him and considers to love and respect him. Eli clearly wants him back.
If Coughlin leaves does this mean that offensive coordinator, Bob McAdoo is also gone? That would be, I believe, a huge mistake. Eli and the offense have jumped leaps and bounds in two years under his system
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2016/01/eli-manning-gets-what-giants-need.html
Coughlin's players want him back:
The seasons now end earlier than they used to, the records under Tom Coughlin only harder to stomach.
But Hakeem Nicks still sees the same coach who led the team to a Super Bowl title less than four years ago.
“He still has the same command when he walks in the room. He is still Coach Coughlin to me,” Nicks said following Sunday’s 35-30 loss to the Eagles, having returned to the Giants in November after leaving before the 2014 season. “He is going to get on you when he needs to get on you and he is going to let you know when you do things right, as well, so it has been a pleasure playing for him."
“I love him as a coach and I love the way he motivates teams.”
"Tight end Will Tye said the players “don’t know anything,” in regards to whether Coughlin will come back for a 13th season with the Giants, but the rookie said he was hopeful his first season wouldn’t be his only season playing under the two-time Super Bowl-winning coach."
“He believed in me before I believed in myself,” said Tye, an undrafted free agent who had 67 yards and a touchdown Sunday. “He has that old-school feel you don’t like, but you know you need. He does the right things and you know he knows what he’s doing. You know he knows best.”
"Running back Rashad Jennings said he would endorse Coughlin’s return “1,000 times,” believing the 69-year-old coach is still the best fit for the team."
“Are you kidding me? That is a guy that has so much command in the room, so much respect amongst his peers and us,” Jennings said. “We will fight for him, continue to follow him and there is no doubt in my mind that [he] is the man for the job.
“He leads the way, he knows the secret recipe to success and there is no question that he is an outstanding coach, and I am definitely proud to play under him.”
If Coughlin isn’t back on the sidelines, the coach has already given Jennings — and his teammates — incredibly useful advice to take into next season.
“I say it all the time, my two years of playing under Coach Coughlin, one of the things that stuck out about him when he was speaking to us as a whole entire team, he said one thing and I wrote it down and it is kind of a staple of how I perceive him,” Jennings said. “He said that, ‘Faces may change, but expectations never will.’ ”
http://nypost.com/2016/01/03/are-you-kidding-me-giants-campaign-for-coughlin-return/
What Stephen A never talks about is Jerry Reese who has given Coughlin a shorthanded roster.
Now as far as Jason Garrett goes, there are a few things. Yes, going by record-and what else should you go by?-he looks mediocre. I agree that in most cases, he'd likely have been fired long ago-though he did have a 12-4 season last year before collapsing this year.
At the end of the day, I think the fact is simply that Jerry Jones likes him. Now in Smith's mind this puts prospective black coaches at a disadvantage. But the reason that Jones likes Garrett isn't necessarily about white privilege. Sometimes an owner will like someone.
Another owner somewhere else could decide he likes a coach who happens to be black and keep the guy on in the long term. As more coaches are black there will be more chances of that situation.
Indeed, the Bengals have kept Marvin Lewis on for 12 years despite not winning a single playoff game in that time-we'll see if they can break that this year.
Smith argued that at least Lewis has made the playoffs. Well, Garret made the playoffs in 2014 and may well have this year if Romo and Dez Bryant aren't injured.
I agree that Lewis has had a lot of regular season success but how many cases have we seen a coach who has made the playoffs two or three straight years with no playoff victories get fired? Obviously the Bengals ownership likes Lewis as well and feel comfortable with him at the helm.
P.S. Don't get me wrong-if I were a Cowboys fan-rather than a Cowboys hater-I'd be awfully frustrated with Jones. He fires a guy who won the Super Bowl twice in a row-Jimmy Johnson-and now keeps a guy on with limited success. but the fans seem to give Jerry a pass.
P.S.S. In general, too, it's a maxim in the NFL that you're better off with continuity in coaching and the front office all things being equal. The teams that make lots of changes at coach are not usually the teams that have much on the field success in the long haul.
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