Tim Brown on the Trestman Hire

[Chitownhustla]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId...amp;src=desktop

 

 

 

If you read article it does come off as Brown being salty that Trestman made Rice the Number 1 WR in Oakland instead of him.

 

This quote from the article is what seems to becoming true

 

"He's a really smart guy, knows football like the back of his hand. That's not the issue," Brown said. "But there's a lot more to coaching than just X's and O's. You have to be able to deal with players and that's the reason [former Raiders coach] Bill Callahan hasn't succeeded as a head coach because he's a smart guy, knows football like the back of his hand, but when it comes to leading me, it's a totally different intangible you have to have. It's going to be very interesting to see how [Trestman] and Jay Cutler get along, that's for sure."

[Mongo3451]

A good head coach is the straw that stirs the whole drink. He doesn't necessarily have to have the recipe, but needs bartenders that can create the flavor he envisions with the ingredients they are given. Trestman seems like a bartender. We need a frontman...

 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

The head coach can be less of an X's and O' guy and get away with it. The head coach needs to be a big picture guy, who commands respect, leads (in good times as well as through adversity) and really is able to bring in the right people to help him. I think Trestman fails at all of those things and in reality, is the opposite, a coordinator / specialist, who has to be exceptional at the X's & O's and can outsource the other components to his head coach.

 

I have a hard time even blaming our assistants for the same reasons I mention above, I think they have no leader, no one to control anything, no one with authority. There is no discipline and it shows up each and every week. Just think about training camp when I blasted Trestman for what was going on in camp and more and more of it is coming to fruition. I also think Emery is just as much to blame because I think he hired a spineless coach by design. He very much wants to control all things, which is fine when it works, but when it doesn't, you don't get a 2nd chance.

 

His biggest failures have been his inability to hire a head coach, the Cutler contract (vs. franchise tag) and what might be more damning than anything, his poor evaluation of our internal players. I'm not even going to talk about his early drafts, rather, who we have kept / not kept has been a gigantic failure. We have consistently misscouted our internal people and more often than not, been wrong on our own internal evaluations.

[madlithuanian]

Good analysis.

 

The head coach can be less of an X's and O' guy and get away with it. The head coach needs to be a big picture guy, who commands respect, leads (in good times as well as through adversity) and really is able to bring in the right people to help him. I think Trestman fails at all of those things and in reality, is the opposite, a coordinator / specialist, who has to be exceptional at the X's & O's and can outsource the other components to his head coach.

 

I have a hard time even blaming our assistants for the same reasons I mention above, I think they have no leader, no one to control anything, no one with authority. There is no discipline and it shows up each and every week. Just think about training camp when I blasted Trestman for what was going on in camp and more and more of it is coming to fruition. I also think Emery is just as much to blame because I think he hired a spineless coach by design. He very much wants to control all things, which is fine when it works, but when it doesn't, you don't get a 2nd chance.

 

His biggest failures have been his inability to hire a head coach, the Cutler contract (vs. franchise tag) and what might be more damning than anything, his poor evaluation of our internal players. I'm not even going to talk about his early drafts, rather, who we have kept / not kept has been a gigantic failure. We have consistently misscouted our internal people and more often than not, been wrong on our own internal evaluations.