Thread: Drake: 'Frustrated' Hester needs to be more involved

I'm thinking too much is expected out of these position coaches by many on this board. While it would be quick to be denied, one is left the impression that a great position coach is the matter between success and failure, and that anytime a position has an outstanding year makes that coach great. Drake and no one else was ever going to turn any of these WR projects into anything worthwhile. Also, can anyone name the last WR drafted that WASN'T a project (Berrian and Knox were speedsters with nothing else, Bennett couldn't pick up Turner's playbook the first year and hasn't played to his fullest capabilities yet, Hester didn't have a true position, Gage and Wade had horrible QB's here and were buried in the depth chart, other guys i'm forgetting were among many of Angelo's beloved "should've been a first round pick if not for injuries" guys that never played because of injuries)? I'm not saying dude is very good, but let's not make fun of Webb as a player that's never going to "get it" and then turn around and criticize coaches that can't turn around guys like Hester because reality shows there's not much that's gonna ever happen.

Essentially, what I'm saying is, if a guy has, if nothing else, shown improvement in the players he deals with, then he must be worth something (Jeffery came out swinging, Bennett is hot and cold, but when he's on, he's on, and everyone else has shown improvement).

Originally Posted by Henry Burris

I'm thinking too much is expected out of these position coaches by many on this board. While it would be quick to be denied, one is left the impression that a great position coach is the matter between success and failure, and that anytime a position has an outstanding year makes that coach great. Drake and no one else was ever going to turn any of these WR projects into anything worthwhile. Also, can anyone name the last WR drafted that WASN'T a project (Berrian and Knox were speedsters with nothing else, Bennett couldn't pick up Turner's playbook the first year and hasn't played to his fullest capabilities yet, Hester didn't have a true position, Gage and Wade had horrible QB's here and were buried in the depth chart, other guys i'm forgetting were among many of Angelo's beloved "should've been a first round pick if not for injuries" guys that never played because of injuries)? I'm not saying dude is very good, but let's not make fun of Webb as a player that's never going to "get it" and then turn around and criticize coaches that can't turn around guys like Hester because reality shows there's not much that's gonna ever happen.

Essentially, what I'm saying is, if a guy has, if nothing else, shown improvement in the players he deals with, then he must be worth something (Jeffery came out swinging, Bennett is hot and cold, but when he's on, he's on, and everyone else has shown improvement).

You make a good point. I agree that it's not ALL on the position coach.

Our offense has been like a highly dysfunctional family, over the past several years.

1. Part of the problem was a parade of crap QB's.

2. Yes, there has been a lack of WR talent also.

3. We've also had some horrific offensive lines that couldn't give the QB's time to throw. Or for WR's to complete routes before the QB was a roadkill.

4. We've had absolutely CRAZY offensive coordinators who couldn't call a decent game if their lives depended upon it.

5. We've had a head coach that didn't seem to understand anything about the offense anyway.

So, I agree, Henry, that putting too much blame on the position coach is not a realistic picture of the overall problem. That's why Jerry Angelo and Lovie Smith were fired.

Total incompetence. Dysfunctional to the max.

Originally Posted by jackiejokeman

Thats what I said. Anyway ... that was last year.

Okay then...........



Sorry............

Let's have him around for this season, let's go to the SuperBowl, let have him return all kickoff returns to show Jacoby Jones whos the boss on the return game..