SantaClaraHawk
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Per ESPN First Take, which is on now.
Judge is the Pats' WR coach.
This surprises me more than the Rhule hire. Hiring position-line coaches as HC usually doesn't work out (see Tomsula).
It also makes me wonder how strong the market for Josh McDaniels really was with all the openings now filled, two with people with less experience than McDaniels had.
Methinks this reflects on Belichick, too. It's not being widely said, yet, but his authoritarian style is exponentially falling out of favor. Vrabel just played under Belichick. All those that Belichick actually coached under have gone on to lose--Mangini, McDaniels, Patricia, Flores. And in Flores' case, he's getting a break only because he and Ross conditioned the fans during preseason to accept TankforTua for 2019.
Belichick himself is on his way to becoming a Coughlin or a Parcells, neither of which grew any sort of coaching tree. Going forward, he appears to be headed into NFL parity mode where his militaristic drill sergeant approach is being more and more a liability.
ETA: The Browns vacancy is not yet filled, so McDaniels going there is still a poss. Yeah, it worked out GREAT under Mangini.
Judge is the Pats' WR coach.
This surprises me more than the Rhule hire. Hiring position-line coaches as HC usually doesn't work out (see Tomsula).
It also makes me wonder how strong the market for Josh McDaniels really was with all the openings now filled, two with people with less experience than McDaniels had.
Methinks this reflects on Belichick, too. It's not being widely said, yet, but his authoritarian style is exponentially falling out of favor. Vrabel just played under Belichick. All those that Belichick actually coached under have gone on to lose--Mangini, McDaniels, Patricia, Flores. And in Flores' case, he's getting a break only because he and Ross conditioned the fans during preseason to accept TankforTua for 2019.
Belichick himself is on his way to becoming a Coughlin or a Parcells, neither of which grew any sort of coaching tree. Going forward, he appears to be headed into NFL parity mode where his militaristic drill sergeant approach is being more and more a liability.
ETA: The Browns vacancy is not yet filled, so McDaniels going there is still a poss. Yeah, it worked out GREAT under Mangini.