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He's good but he got flattened in the first series. He isn't invincible.

Yeah, just pepper the guy with decent shots and create some rebound/redirect opportunities.

Yeah well all this cancel culture is getting pretty stupid anyway, so you aren't gonna get me on that train. He has a bunch of pretty minor stuff and almost all of it is 20+ years ago. The only serious thing he really got involved in was the DUI. I am not going down the road of "he's racist" for making a bad joke when he was hammered.

Yeah, I mean IIRC that was also them drunk and ending up pissing in the parking deck. I don't think I would call that racist, just making a bad joke to his buddies. I mean, if it was me in her shoes(and yes I realize it is different for a woman), I am probably laughing when they do that.

Racist remarks? Curious to hear about that. I know he had some legal issues but nothing I thought was dreadful. Links? Sources?

I could easily see him berating underperforming players and getting into it with them.

If you look at what happened with Harbaugh and what supposedly happened with Flores, he might just be one of those "my way or the highway" guys that doesn't mesh well with owners or FO folks. Just a theory I had kicked around previously. IF McCoy is right, it would explain that a little.

I love Smitty to death but I am not sure he would make a good coach. He is a little too high strung, to put it mildly.

It's hard to say. This is just one guy saying it. If more guys step forward and say the same thing publicly, I guess you have the answer. Yeah, it could all just be sour grapes. But, there is something up about why EB hasn't been hired. If there were NO other minority coaches getting hired, I would lean towards good ol boy network but has happened a couple of times since EB was on the radar. There is definitely something up.

Yeah, sounds like he might be one of those old school coaches that is overtly abusive/negative. This adds up to why he hasn't been elevated to HC status. It would make a lot of sense.

Wait....a documentary with actors cast??

I mean....lol....does it matter at this point? It isn’t solely Raanta's fault here. The team is trash on the road. Like....unbelievably bad.

Honestly, probably not that. Change some lines, maybe

Pyotr is gonna get shelled but I guess fug it.

Well we weren't in the regular season

Hurricanes at home.... Hurricanes on the road....

Rhule also has a history of micromanagement, so I can't really sign off on any of the coaching hires either. We will see what happens.

Might be asking a lot of a late round rookie to start at LG right away. I would say don't overlook some of the vets like Michael Jordan or Pat Elflein. I think those two guard spots aren't exactly locked in. Well, they shouldn't be anyway. I definitely don't want a replay of 2021 where we see spots basically gifted to the overpaid FA scrubs we signed.

Well we were supposedly "serious" last year with Erving and Elflein too. I like the Corbett and Bozeman signings a lot more. I like that we finally invested in a LT in the first round. But.....the staff has worked very hard to get a QB as well, right? Arguably the hardest in the NFL. What has been the net result so far? So, while I want to get excited about the OL, I have completely lost faith in the ability of our franchise to consistently make intelligent decisions on personnel. At this point this is what their persistent failings have reduced my opinion to. I gotta see these guys do it on the field first. I need to see some cohesive OL play. I need actual results before I get optimistic about it. They lost all benefit of the doubt.

Yeah, there are plenty of professional athletes who aren't passionate about the sports they play.

Robby doesn't strike me as a highly motivated player. Not that I don't think he doesn't put work in but I don't think he is out there working to be the best at his position every offseason.

Oh boy.....I think we better not start counting those chickens yet. I remember boatloads of Huddlers trying to justify why Cam Erving and Pat Elflein were good signings. That was a fuging disaster.

You mean when they drafted an athletic guy who had almost exclusively played LT in college? Then told everyone he was a LG? Then found out he isn't powerful enough to be am effective OG? Then found out he is a project at LT? The truth is, Brady looks and plays like a career backup OL. So, really, if they keep him as a versatile backup and try to develop him over time, that's the best thing we can do with him. If he works out as a starter or backup C, maybe we can cut a guy like Elflein if he doesn't look capable of beating out someone for a starting spot? Who knows.

I am amazed that people care about him not showing up for OTA's. Be upset about when he didn't show up for 17 straight games in 2021.