People need to wake up that coaching matters. Unlike that thread started by FatIdiot (I like that nickname someone else gave him, so I am keeping it), where in it he was trying to talk Tom Brady and made it either Tom or Bill Belichick, it actually takes BOTH to make a franchise QB. There is no such thing as Football Jesus at QB.
I've used these examples before, but I will state it again -
Case 1: Tom Brady in Tampa year 1. The HoF QB with multiple rings. The guy who everyone said was so good he could play in ANY system (wrong, by the way, as I am about to illustrate). When he joined Tampa, the first half of the season, the offense was middling. Fits and Starts. It was drastically underperforming. Bruce Arians, being a VERY smart football mind, went to the team and Brady and basically said halfway into the season "You know what Tom? Fuck what I want to do. Seriously. Let's tailor this offense here and now to what YOU like to do, and what YOU are confortable with." And when they made that change and basically made the offense the second half of the year similar to what Tom ran in the past with New England, suddenly the offense EXPLODED and behind that and a great defense, they won the superbowl.
But before Bruce Arians made that call? The great HoF Tom Brady was reduced to this:
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Coaching MATTERS.
Case 2: Quick and easy one because it is so current. Who is paying attention to Kansas City and the great Patrick Mahomes this season? See, funny thing this season - the Chiefs offense has been only able to produce in fits and starts, and the great Patrick Mahomes suddenly only looks like himself also in fits and starts.
What Happened? He's a HoF QB - the guy everyone wants a copy of and is desperate to say Caleb Williams is him 2.0. How will that work if the original suddenly is struggling?
But why is he struggling?
Well... Andy Reid, a QB genius who has always modified his offenses to his QBs and not the other way around, decided to actually hand the reigns over to someone we all know VERY well...
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We know how shit HIS offense is.
Coaching matters. No QB, no matter how great, can't BE great if he doesn't have a great offensive mind behind him willing to do what the quarterback is good at, and willing to scheme away from what the QB isn't good at, and these 2 examples are proof that even the greats have things they aren't good at.
You NEED a good offensive mind willing to tailor an offense to a QB to get the most out of the QB. PERIOD.
Hackett and Getsy don't get that. Just like a certain someone we all know from KC....