Today we ponder the theory of fire the GM and everything will fix itself. This all comes on they day that the Carolina Panthers fired there GM because there offence can't score points. This offence has Cam Newton, Steve Smith, DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart, and Greg Olsen. That's two solid RB's the offensive rookie of the year a perennial pro bowl receiver and a tight end who is highly regarded in some circles. But hey it's the GM's fault they aren't producing. Maybe he should go out and sign TO and Chad Johnson so they will have a couple more receivers.
Cam is a second year QB who is having some growing pains. Is this not to be expected a bit, even with the year he had last year it is still only his second year, these things happen. Can we look at Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford, Sam Bradford, all guys who had good rookie years but stuttered in the season or seasons after. I would say they are doing alright now.
When the guys you have don't play that's not the GM's fault. This is like firing your boss because you aren't performing. Hey he hired me fire him. He can sign guys maybe motivate a bit, but aside from that when you have a player you have to expect them to perform. Same thing with a coach. They can do everything possible to prepare a team for a game but if the players go out and stink it up. How can the coach be responsible he got his team ready. He can't control a players thoughts, he can't control the players like puppets, the players still have to go out and execute.
This is what baffles me about pro sports, how we can hold players on such a high pedestal that when they fail we blame management. We don't call for the players heads we want the GM and the coach to be fired and if that doesn't work, well we obviously didn't get the right guys so lets fire the new guys and try again. Bill Bellichick coached the very below average Cleveland Browns before the patriots. He is considered one of the best coaches ever. So how do we hold him so highly when he coached a failing team. Every bodies response to this is "well look at who was on that team". Which is exactly my point. He had all professional football players. He wasn't playing with college kids he was playing with guys that everyone agreed should be in the NFL. I understand that not everyone is at the same skill level but, no matter what skill level you have, you have to perform to the best of your abilities every game day and those guys didn't do that.
Now obviously there are times when the coach is in the wrong. Take the whole eagles coaching staff right now. Yes they are under performing on the field. But the game planning and overall attitude of that team is a joke. The issue really is in the coaching staff there. To change coverage in the second half of a game when you have been shutting a team down is ridiculous. To have your mobile QB be coached to sit in the pocket and throw, especially with his size is a stupid move. That is a coaching error mixed with lack of player performance.
Take the 4-3 green bay packers this year. They are not a 4-3 team they should be much better than this. But the players were under performing to start the year, not the coaches fault the guys weren't executing. They start executing they blow out and undefeated team. See not the coaches fault. There are numerous examples of this in all sports. The Angels in baseball this year were stacked, didn't make the playoffs, the Miami Heat are also stacked they just won a title when really they should have 2 by now with that roster, Yankees can buy any player they want players didn't perform, the NY Rangers bought a pretty good team, didn't win the cup.
Players are held so highly in our society its shocking how we can be so adoring and critical of them but we never really call for them to lose there jobs. It's always the guys who put together the game plan, the guy who signs the players. So maybe next time your team isn't up to standards look at the players first coach/GM second.
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