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Interesting theory on Tepper. But what I will say is that I believe that Tepper was just frustrated, if not low-key infuriated, at being all loosey-goosey with our draft picks. I think that he thought that we needed to get that back and took a calculated risk of letting CMC go on his merry way, while also believing that Foreman and Hubbard had enough juice to keep the running game legitimate. I know that I always thought that both Foreman and especially Hubbard were being underutilized. I think that he was pleasantly surprised that we stayed afloat, but that actually playing to lose never crossed his mind. I believe that he was mentally prepared to see the team tank organically but that it wasn't his intention or desire to do so.

Yeah, the fanboys never ever mention the need for a DC. I could argue that we need a DC more than an OC. It's frustrating. They also never ever mention the total picture, like how all the victories came against teams with losing records, or how Wilks largely sat down when it was time to rise to the occasion in those key games that would have gotten the team to the playoffs. I'll give Wilks the moral victory. Hooray! But In the grand scheme of things, his performance was not extraordinary, it was extra ordinary.

So when did Fields turn into an incapable passer? That's bullshit! I can see the injuries perhaps, but their O-line can't pass protect worth a damn. Chicago writers and fans know that. Moreover, they need to upgrade their receiving corps. Better line and better weapons, as well as more experience, should lead to better results in the passing game. Fields was first and foremost a pocket passer at OSU, and he was historically accurate. You're not convincing me that he can't pass.

Ben Johnson is a young offensive mind...

I wonder what's going to happen to Pep Hamilton...

It was a terrible job before he got there.

Dude looks like he needs to eat more chicken.

I've seen some dumb threads over the years, but this one might be the dumbest.

Sounds kinda Machiavellian if you ask me.

No harm in competition. May the best man win.

No

Tankers are too dumb to see that players don't play to tank. It happens organically if you suck enough.

LOL Finger to the tankers!

I wanted him to win games that were decidedly winnable, like the ones against the Steelers and the Bucs, or at the very very least have a believable competitive showing. And I don't in any way believe that was too much to ask. Wilks let some others get away, but I'm giving him a pass for games a little closer to the time he took over as transitions can be difficult. I'm trying to be fair and less subjective. Wilks though mildly surprising has also been disappointing and decidedly ordinary at the times we needed him to be extraordinary

Maybe with a better coach.

We are who we thought we are: not very good.

Norman gonna be like, "Let me take my ass back to the coffee shop."

My god! Let's step off the curb and get run over by retreads.

No, if this "report" is true, it actually sounds like Tepper doesn't want Harbaugh. And that ain't got anything to do with being outbid.

"These days" makes no difference whatsoever. Whether it's a good idea to give an HC final control depends upon the person. That's the way it's always been and likely always will be. Some coaches have more control than others regardless if there's a GM there or not, and some have basically given the GM control, but they still have final say. Parcells has two rings, by the way, so he obviously knew what he was doing.

NFL history extends beyond "right now." I really don't think that I have to give a history lesson, but coaches like Belichick, Reid and Tomlin have basically run everything, and have the hardware to prove it. Even Sean Payton, Bill Parcels, TomCoughlin, Pete Carroll and others have basically had the most pull in their organizations depending upon whom you ask. They all have hardware. Franchises are going to go through the ebbs and flows of success, and people are going to of course have different definitions of success, but everyone that I have named is undoubtedly a good coach that many (if not most) owners would give a great degree of control to, if not "total" control in pursuit of championships.

Some of y'all are thinking that we need a new OC; I think we need a new DC, and I'm not alone. Just the fact that there are fans that believe we need changes on both sides of the ball tells me that Wilks is outta here.

Franchise wrecker? That's hyperbolic. The Rams aren't wrecked. They'll go through cycles just like any other franchise, but unlike some, they'll have a championship to make them feel better (and that wasn't the first one).

Perhaps, on some level, but actual knowledge and skill makes all the difference. I'm sure that some of the best of all time are accused of being big assholes with big egos. The great ones also seem to have control.