NFL Coach Rankings

[ProcessYaDigg]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/ranking-all-32-nfl-head-coaches-from-worst-to-first/ss-AAzcUao?ocid=ientp#image=33

 

Sometimes, I don't understand what the purpose of a poll/ranking is or where exactly these ranking come from.  Maybe it's just a conversation piece.  Maybe it's a way to get us fans all riled up during this down time while we sit around and wait for the next phase of football to start.  But one thing I do know or wanna know is how in the hell is Jason Garrett ranked way ahead of McDermott.  If for some reason why Jerry Jones wasn't so infatuated with him, Jason Garrett would've been fired long ago.  Maybe this is just my hate/disgust for the Cowboys.  I don't know.  But like most lists, I just wanna see our team at least ahead of the middle of the pack.  That's just my 2 cents.  I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts. 

[Jeff1954]

The Bills are a small market team. Dissing them isn’t going to cost many if any readers or subscribers to larger media. So MacBeane get ranked low, fans get ranked low, etc. This helps ensure fans in larger and more affluent markets are kept onside.

[BillsFan4]

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20. Sean McDermott -

 

At least he can win ugly? McDermott somehow turned the Bills into a playoff team in 17 despite a highly disfunctional offense. Now, the most important test for McDermott: developing a franchise quarterback. Josh Allen is in the house. 

 

Kind of hard to take the list serious when they have a guy like Mike Vrabel ranked at #17, when he's never coached a single NFL game, and was only a coordinator for a single year before getting the head coaching job. That year happened to be 2017, as the Houston Texans defensive coordinator. Not exactly their best year (I know, injuries...). I mean, he's only been coaching since 2011 as a LB and d line coach. 

 

They have 4 more rookie head coaches ranked from 24-21 too. 

 

How do you possibly even rank a head coach before his first game anyway? 

 

 

[Steve Billieve]

I knew it was time to stop reading when it wasn't actually a list but a slide show.

 

Edited June 27, 2018 by Steve Billieve

[BruceVilanch]

It's the slowest time of the year for NFL news, probably just some writer getting his content quota and probably doesn't even know who McDermott is.

[Aussie Joe]

So gotta click through 33 slides to see where this oxygen thief has ranked McD?

 

Shouldnt we be trying to give these clowns less publicity?

[JoPar_v2]

Getting fired up over literally nothing. Coach rankings? These are things cooked up during the summer dead time to get clicks OP. Cmon man...

[Chandler#81]

McD was panned by everyone outside Buffalo for benching Tyrod. WE knew he wasn’t the answer and he was trying to stop the bleeding to save the season, after a promising start. That ‘savior peterman’ imploded was the cherry on top for these ‘sagacious journalists’. Dennison wasn’t among his top choices but the well was drying up. Both were let go in his 2nd off season. Letting Watkins, Dareus, Darby & Glenn go for 2 players who didn’t last the season and Draft picks are still head scratchers -in these parts as well.  

‘Process’ is boring.

Given these criteria, #20 is pretty high up.

[Drunken Pygmy Goat]

MSN...

 

That is all

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Click.

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Click.

Click.

 

"OK, someone throw together a slideshow ranking the punters.  We're on fire!"

 

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Edited June 27, 2018 by Ridgewaycynic2013

[machine gun kelly]

I could care less about these stupid rankings, and when it’s a slide show I just stop after slide 1.  

[SoTier]

Since McDermott's coaching philosophy is hauntingly reminescent of Dick Jauron, I think #20 is generous, reflecting that McDermott is at least 10 times (maybe 100 times) the game coach that Jauron was.  My guess is that McDermott's "play not to lose" philosophy won't fly long term in the NFL, especially with the lack of talent on the offense.

[Marv's Neighbor]

This is like looking at a Racing Form.  It's all in the past.

[C.Biscuit97]

11 hours ago, Jeff1954 said:

The Bills are a small market team. Dissing them isn’t going to cost many if any readers or subscribers to larger media. So MacBeane get ranked low, fans get ranked low, etc. This helps ensure fans in larger and more affluent markets are kept onside.

This is insane.  People loved the Bills making the playoffs.  We made the playoffs but says more about the AFC than us.  The Peterman decision was probably the worse decision of the entire season.  It was a Jauron type season except we caught a couple more breaks.

 

if the Bills have a solid to good season, he will get his due, small market or not.

[hondo in seattle]

McD won more often than he lost against his fellow NFL coaches - despite a comparatively weak Bills roster.  Yet he's ranked below average.  Not sure the logic.

 

In any case, I think it's still early for us fans to know what kind of coach we have in McD - and I'd be hesitant to rank him at all - but he's off to a promising start.

[C.Biscuit97]

2 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said:

McD won more often than he lost against his fellow NFL coaches - despite a comparatively weak Bills roster.  Yet he's ranked below average.  Not sure the logic.

 

In any case, I think it's still early for us fans to know what kind of coach we have in McD - and I'd be hesitant to rank him at all - but he's off to a promising start.

The Peterman decision.

[hondo in seattle]

2 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

The Peterman decision.

 

Every coach makes a mix of good and bad decisions.

 

The best coaches aren't timid.  They're not afraid to make mistakes.

 

That was certainly a mistake.

[Punching Bag]

Announcing ahead of time was the biggest mistake.  It reduced any chance P5t5rman had.

[C.Biscuit97]

1 minute ago, hondo in seattle said:

 

Every coach makes a mix of good and bad decisions.

 

The best coaches aren't timid.  They're not afraid to make mistakes.

 

That was certainly a mistake.

He benched his starting qb in the middle of a playoff race for a 5th round rookie (say if it’s Josh Allen, it’s much different) who threw 5 ints in a half of football.  Then Tyrod came in, looked much better, and he was forced to go back to him.

 

if Andy Dalton doesn’t give us a gift, that decision and McDermott is thought of quite differently.  

[row_33]

40 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

Announcing ahead of time was the biggest mistake.  It reduced any chance P5t5rman had.

 

true

 

[hondo in seattle]

31 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

He benched his starting qb in the middle of a playoff race for a 5th round rookie (say if it’s Josh Allen, it’s much different) who threw 5 ints in a half of football.  Then Tyrod came in, looked much better, and he was forced to go back to him.

 

if Andy Dalton doesn’t give us a gift, that decision and McDermott is thought of quite differently.  

 

It's one decision.  

 

The sum of all of McDermott's decisions is that the Bills achieved a winning record and a playoff birth - despite a roster largely devoid of star players.    

[teef]

you can tell who all of the optimistic posters are in a thread like this.  

[row_33]

10 minutes ago, teef said:

you can tell who all of the optimistic posters are in a thread like this.  

 

check that list twice

[TigerJ]

22 hours ago, Jeff1954 said:

The Bills are a small market team. Dissing them isn’t going to cost many if any readers or subscribers to larger media. So MacBeane get ranked low, fans get ranked low, etc. This helps ensure fans in larger and more affluent markets are kept onside.

I think that's some of it.  Jason Garrett is also a known quantity.  Dallas has been very competitive under Garrett when Dallas has had the players.  I like Sean McDermott a lot, but in comparison to most coaches in the NFL, the sample size is limited and his success, though significant to us as Bills fans, doesn't jump off the page like Sean McVay or even Kyle Shanahan.  (Shanahan only got 6 wins last year, but it was a four win improvement and Garapolo looks like the real deal at QB going forward.)

[reddogblitz]

Coaching a team that has missed the playoffs SEVENTEEN straight years to the playoffs in the first year = #1 IMHO.

 

Especially with a boat anchor at QB.

Edited June 28, 2018 by reddogblitz

[Fadingpain]

23 hours ago, Circlethewagon8404 said:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/ranking-all-32-nfl-head-coaches-from-worst-to-first/ss-AAzcUao?ocid=ientp#image=33

 

Sometimes, I don't understand what the purpose of a poll/ranking is or where exactly these ranking come from.  Maybe it's just a conversation piece.  Maybe it's a way to get us fans all riled up during this down time while we sit around and wait for the next phase of football to start.  But one thing I do know or wanna know is how in the hell is Jason Garrett ranked way ahead of McDermott.  If for some reason why Jerry Jones wasn't so infatuated with him, Jason Garrett would've been fired long ago.  Maybe this is just my hate/disgust for the Cowboys.  I don't know.  But like most lists, I just wanna see our team at least ahead of the middle of the pack.  That's just my 2 cents.  I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts. 

What qualifies McDermott as being better than Garrett, other than the fact that he coaches the team you root for?

 

 

[ProcessYaDigg]

1 hour ago, Fadingpain said:

What qualifies McDermott as being better than Garrett, other than the fact that he coaches the team you root for?

 

 

I will always be biased towards our team.  But there's no way in hell I would ever be complaining about this list with the previous coaches we've had.  Some of our previous coaches had a talented team (minus a QB) and couldn't produce a winning season.  McD takes an average team, trades away 1st round talented players, and still manages to make the playoffs.  Yes, luck was on our side, but it shows a ton of potential on what can be in the near future.  McD is definitely not afraid to take risks and we will benefit from it.