i have to say im still very much in favor of bringing on gruden. of course the one thing we simply dont know is how that would work behind the scenes and how much control he would want. the same is true with cowher, and in cowhers case we know he wants his own guys and complete control. my concern is exactly what u pointed out - with cowher. complete housing cleaning followed by potentially a guy that perhaps doesnt see the job through to the end.
its gotta be the right mix. and whoever is making the picks and whoever is coaching need to work in harmony, completely in sync.
as fans that is ABSOLUTELY the ONE THING we can simply never know - is if the ideas we put forth, while in theory, might make sense - if the chemistry and the ideals and vision of all parties are not aligned. we can simply never know. so we dont have the correct answer necessarily. we simply dont have enough information to make that call.
this is why jerseyfinfan made a very valid point about ross's vision. so far i dont see anything to dislike about it. even tho so many fans hate for no reason.
the guy wants to win. he wants to be exciting offensively, and he wants gameday to be an experience. that sounds like a winner to me!
going to games prior to his arrival i felt like i was still in the 70s with the stupid dolphins fight song played etc. i dont know whats changed. but he obviously knows the experience wasnt good enough before. and it wasnt.
ive been critical of some of irelands moves. but it seems maybe he didnt have the ok to find some players, and one draft can only go so far.
we dont know - MAYBE ireland wanted matt ryan - we dont know he didnt. all we know is he wasnt making the choices. its clear LONG, MERLING, HENNE, PAT WHITE - those we ALL bill PARCELLS picks. shawn murphy, earnest wilford, trading satele, ginn, signing grove, smiley....these WERE ALL PARCELLS MOVES. so how do KNOW ireland hasnt made good choices evaluating talent? he did a pretty good job with this draft. it really looks like pouncey, and thomas are going to be very good players. i really think Jimmy Wilson has shown enough to say that he can develop into a guy that makes plays. clyde gates im not at all impressed with BUT its only his first year and ireland was kinda forced to add some speed to the roster - so it WASNT a bad pick. kearse has been stolen essentially because we didnt add him to the roster. so it looks like a good draft. it looks more promising early on with the picks we had than ANY previous draft under parcells. AND i might add that ireland is the guy that FOUGHT with bill parcells about taking demarcus Ware.
looks like ireland got that one correct. parcells wanted to draft spears
