Quote from: Ed Vette on November 30, 2023, 10:02:15 AMThis is what the NY media does. Finally the ship is pointing in the right direction and with nothing else to report, they continue to pick at it and it takes on a life of its own.
Good for Wink for standing up for himself as a Veteran Coach but good for Daboll for having the balls to call a spade a spade. The wheels were coming off the Defensive and the last two weeks they went from xxxx Show to Magic Show.
I like that Daboll believes in accountability and not just talks the talk. If it's behind closed doors, that's where it should be handled. That said, Daboll needs to recognize that maybe taking a chapter out of the Parcells book is prudent. You can't treat or speak to every man the same way. You find out what works and adjust on the way. I think he gets that as it's evident in how he mentors Tommy and after being frustrated, he needed to show he was visibly upset with Daniel Jones.
I have to say, whatever transpired between him and Wink, set the Defense back on track.
I don't think the "Patriots Way" translates well outside of New England with the greatest coach of all time. Especially as your first head coaching job, you don't really have the right to be a dick to a guy who has led top defenses in this league for years. I get the accountability thing, and I like that, but Daboll has made some really dumb decisions so far this year.
What coaches that learned under Belicheck in New England have gone on to be very successful? We already saw Judge.... Matt Patricia was awful, Josh McDaniels is atrocious, I like Vrabel but don't think he ever coached under BB. Eric Mangini.... Brian Flores.... Bill O'Brien...
I think the "Patriot's Way" only works for one guy and that's honestly probably because he was blessed with Brady for 2 damn decades.
