Comments on: Three Questions for a Steelers Fan About Russ Grimm

By: Bent

Bent — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:21:56 +0000

He was far too conservative and unimaginitive (single-handedly causing the Doug Brien misses in that game, for example), had no concept of clock management, didn’t use his young players enough and wore down his older players, came across as borderline insane with some of his press conferences, threw fellow coaches under the bus and rode Parcells’ players to all of his playoff success* before leaving the team in dishonest fashion with a depleted talentbase and a horrible cap situation.

That’s why.

* would have missed the playoffs 5 out of 5 years had it not been for John Hall’s miracle kick in Oakland, the Fins choking in 2002 and the Bills choking in 2004. Also wouldn’t have reached the Steelers game referred to if Kaeding didn’t miss an OT chip shot in SD the previous week.

By: ben

ben — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:55:48 +0000

I’ve never understood why everyone gets so down on herm. He was one doug brien fg away from the afc championship game. That’s pretty darn good

By: SackDance99

SackDance99 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:27:49 +0000

Herm and Mangini could not be more opposite and both ended up 2 games under .500 for their Jets careers, with Herm having more success in the playoffs. But, we all agree that Mangini/Tanny have made far better personnel decisions, but both of them had major flaws as HC’s. By my way of thinking, Herm’s problems are more foundational and Mangini has a chance to improve significantly, but I would not discount the importance of having good motivational skills, which Herm has up the wazoo…his Chiefs team was terrible, but scrappy. So, I wouldn’t dismiss Grimm out of hand for having a “rah rah attitude.” But, he has to show that he has a plan for success and that can’t be “just go out and win.”

By: Salesmunn

Salesmunn — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:03:36 +0000

Herm was rah rah and look where that got us? Helllooooooo!?

By: Lonnie G

Lonnie G — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:10:24 +0000

Remember Herm Edwards? He sure was a rah rah guy. It doesn’t really matter much when you need a special assistant coach just to help you with clock managment.

By: subwayfare

subwayfare — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:03:57 +0000

I just don’t get the impression the Jets players are going to respond to rah rah, over x’s and o’s at this point. I’d rather have a guy who can come up with innovative schemes and then get the team fired up to play them. Rex Ryan seems to fit that description better than any of the other candidates mentioned. But who knows how good Ryan is at running a team, delegating, managing, etc? Maybe that’s what’s kept him as DC in Baltimore all this time.

By: steviek

steviek — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:51:15 +0000

That sounds like he would need top notch assistants on x’s & o’s to make it work. Folks should really hesitate about running Schott Jr out of town. We don’t know how much Mangini and Favre impacted play calling.
Comes down to judgment on in-game management decisions & adjustments. Have no idea how to judge that before hand. Tough to know how someone will react.

By: JustAGreenGuy

JustAGreenGuy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:01:56 +0000

Someone posted that he already hired Rob Ryan. They said they heard it from Schefter.

By: Pete57

Pete57 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:56:38 +0000

I think Ryan or Grimm would be good. Have liked the idea of Callahan as OC since we hired him. There’s a report that Mangini wants Dabol as his OC and Sutton as DC. Have to be skeptical because I can’t believe he’d want Sutton.

By: swizzle81

swizzle81 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:39:45 +0000

Rex Ryan please, agree with Drose, Callahan as OC, of course if Ryan obliges.