Young Gun trend may be ending

[chris98251]

Well the failure of many Young Guns may open the door for a step back to Old School, Bill, Pete, and others. Trendy guys are not getting it done.

 

[GeekHawk]

In light of the rookie salary cap, the Young Gun trend was stupid from the start. With the new QB not taking up a huge part of your overall cap (lookin at you, Goff et al) there is an opportunity to take a QB high in the draft and still have the cap room to sit them for a year or two while they figure shit out.

 

[sutz]

Teams have been over valuing QBs in the draft for a long time. Most years you're lucky to find one or two really worthy of a top 10/5 pick.

 

[HawkFreak]

I'm confused. OP was talking Young Gun coaches...not QBs...right?

 

[RedAlice]

I'm confused. OP was talking Young Gun coaches...not QBs...right?

Yeah, that's what I thought too.

McVay's assistants who have left seem to be doing well. At least well at beating him.

 

[James in PA]

I'm confused. OP was talking Young Gun coaches...not QBs...right?

I thought we were talking about the movie.

 

[chris98251]

Norv Turner back in Oakland as OC, what he was good at.

 

[Shane Falco]

I thought we were talking about the movie.

Did you see the size of that chicken?

 

[Sperrydogg]

Well the failure of many Young Guns may open the door for a step back to Old School, Bill, Pete, and others. Trendy guys are not getting it done.

Yeah but do you see how they wear cool capris pants and have nice hair. The young guns are gonna take over, it’s just a slow moment

 

[GeekHawk]

Maybe I was confused about the 'young gun' part and wrongly assumed the OP meant QBs. Because certainly they're almost all falling flat on their faces... I don't really know that there's been a 'young gun' movement among head coaches. Hiring 'really old guns' hasn't been a thing either, has it? Mostly shuffling the same ol' middle-age mostly white guys?

And for Sperry, the young guns will take over when they're middle aged guns. That's why it's a slow movement.

 

[chris98251]

Young guys that were part of a college program that won something, young guys under coach that looked good such as Waldon and Saleah, Look at the guys that came into the Cards and Chargers, thats what I am referring too, yeah also Young Guns at QB have had a dismal record as well as far as hit and miss. Lots of Whiffs there.

 

[knownone]

I don't think this is the end of hiring young head coaches. Owners want to find the next Tomlin or McVay, someone they can plug in for two decades with consistent results.

What's most interesting is those guys rarely come from perennial contenders. The Belichick, Reid, Carroll, and Harbaugh trees are riddled with guys who failed elsewhere. It's pretty much only the young offensive guys who were raised in the Shanahan system for a decade, hitting with any regularity, and 90% of them are already head coaches.

 

[AnimeAmore]

I feel like a broken record talking about how QBs need to be developed. I believe they need to be challenged to improve, but it should be a progression. There will always be things for a rookie QB to work on, so give them a year under a professional team's guidance so that they are *clearly* a better QB than they were in college. Then let them figure out the rest while they are playing in actual games against starters.

 

[toffee]

Not all OC or DC are cutout to be HC,

 

[Chukarhawk]

Neither Pete nor Belichick will ever coach again.

 

[RedAlice]

Neither Pete nor Belichick will ever coach again.

They can sit together at Husky games.

 

[MORGULON]

Yeah but do you see how they wear cool capris pants and have nice hair. The young guns are gonna take over, it’s just a slow moment

They use product

 

[toffee]

We hired the youngest and bestest young gun to coach our team for the next six years.

 

[CPHawk]

They can sit together at Husky games.

Neither are interested in watching teams lose