TwistedHusky
Well-known member
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2013
- Messages
- 7,020
- Reaction score
- 1,195
'Far from bad' is not exactly great, and if the guy that is 'far from bad' is sucking 30M from your available salary cap - then you need to figure out another approach. Because 'far from bad' won't be enough to cover up the holes losing 30M in spend creates.
However, before you focus on causes, you have to acknowledge that the results have been wanting.
Solving a problem only starts with acknowledging there is a problem. That rarely occurs if people are too busy spinning up excuses.
After that, is the problem Wilson? The gameplan? The surrounding pieces? (let's hope not because 30M less means you get less of these guys, not more)
So the first postulation that Wilson would have done better in the SB with this coach and this roster pretty much has to be unlikely to be true. We have several years of results and in all of them, decisions were made that led to some pretty mediocre production. In fact, our only time we seem to have prospered in the playoffs was when our lead horses were not the QB but the Defense and Run Game.
But we don't have those anymore. So can Wilson drive success here? It certainly looks like it but it would take a completely new approach. It does not feel reasonable to go entire games where Wilson passes for 30 yds at the half, then try to flip the switch in the playoffs and suddenly turn into a team with the primary weapon being a passing threat. Even if something like this works in the regular season, it does not in the playoffs against better teams - so why would you focus so much attention on an approach that cannot be applied successfully in the playoffs?
(In fact, this approach has a name. It is called MartyBall and literally is slang for failure in the playoffs)
Is the same old approach with Wilson and Carroll that failed for 4 years likely to work for the 5th? Doubtful. So why not explore other approaches?
However, before you focus on causes, you have to acknowledge that the results have been wanting.
Solving a problem only starts with acknowledging there is a problem. That rarely occurs if people are too busy spinning up excuses.
After that, is the problem Wilson? The gameplan? The surrounding pieces? (let's hope not because 30M less means you get less of these guys, not more)
So the first postulation that Wilson would have done better in the SB with this coach and this roster pretty much has to be unlikely to be true. We have several years of results and in all of them, decisions were made that led to some pretty mediocre production. In fact, our only time we seem to have prospered in the playoffs was when our lead horses were not the QB but the Defense and Run Game.
But we don't have those anymore. So can Wilson drive success here? It certainly looks like it but it would take a completely new approach. It does not feel reasonable to go entire games where Wilson passes for 30 yds at the half, then try to flip the switch in the playoffs and suddenly turn into a team with the primary weapon being a passing threat. Even if something like this works in the regular season, it does not in the playoffs against better teams - so why would you focus so much attention on an approach that cannot be applied successfully in the playoffs?
(In fact, this approach has a name. It is called MartyBall and literally is slang for failure in the playoffs)
Is the same old approach with Wilson and Carroll that failed for 4 years likely to work for the 5th? Doubtful. So why not explore other approaches?