Coaching

[dll2000]

So we have had time to watch Nagy a bit now.

Positives:

He is a knowledgable coach with a breadth of offensive knowledge and a smart man. 

He is good at positively motivating players and keeping them from quitting when things are going horribly.  

He doesn't lose his cool when things are really bad and make bad situations worse.

He works really well with Ryan Pace and they are similar personalties in a lot of ways.

He is good with media.

Negatives:

He sticks with guys through thick and thin.  He is a players coach, which is fine to an extent.  It's actually a plus too, because it makes guys loyal.   But balance that with a number 2 on defense/offense that guys are scared to disappoint.  Nagy isn't the type of personality that makes guys scared to not know something or make a mistake on the field.   You can not be that guy and still be a good coach.  Most intellectual coaches aren't like that.

Brown, Landry, Reid are good examples of intellectual type coaching styles. But IMO you need a Buddy Ryan or Bill Parcells or Vince Lombardi or Jimmy Johnson type as well.   Actually Lombardi and Landry were probably best staff of all time since their talents balanced each other so well.   Otherwise you get a lot of what we see with 2019 Bears.  Guys making line up mistakes, personnel mistakes, route mistakes, read mistakes, technique mistakes.    

In football, I firmly, believe that players playing like garbage in practice and games should sit.  Guys that make mental mistakes should sit.  Not forever.  But by sitting them, even for a series or a practice, you hold them accountable.   It makes a huge difference in how guys prepare after that.  It takes that comfort level out of it.  

Bears let several O linemen and both our 'starting' TEs skate through Summer and way too many games without proper competition.  It's no coincidence that Bears are playing better with a lot of those guys not playing.  He should have honestly sat MT for stretches as well.  With idea that he would go back in.  But make him make the right reads.

When you are playing bad, give young hungry guys a chance.  You see how it can pay off.  Sometimes you find something too.

 

 

 

[WindyCity]

It took Nagy way too long to adjust.

They jumped to quickly with the offense from where they were to where he wanted to be.

 

[dll2000]

3 hours ago, WindyCity said:

It took Nagy way too long to adjust.

They jumped to quickly with the offense from where they were to where he wanted to be.

 

Their offensive camp was a cluster.

They had too much faith that best guys were the best guys because of who they were, contract, draft position, etc.    Every year is different.  Because a guy was good in 2018 doesn't mean he will be good in 2019.  Maybe he didn't work out enough.  Maybe he his hurt.  Maybe his women left him or his baby died.   Maybe he has criminal problems you don't know about.  You have to take each year somewhat anew and judge it from practice.   

When O line was a sieve and TEs were doing nothing in camp, he should not have just had faith it would all come together when certain guys got healthy.  You have to see good play either in practice or in a pre season game.

Offense was getting murdered in camp and then skipped preseason.  That carried over, predictably, too season.   If you suck in practice you will really suck in games.  

I think they reasoned that injuries and a super good defense was making them look abnormally bad.  No, they were just bad.  

So they started season horrible and then wore down the defense.  Now you are dealing with injuries and highly,  highly likely too big of a hole to dig out of.