Quote: @"jargomcfargo" said:
Zimmer came in and turned a pathetic team into a better team. He hung a banner in fact. He took a team with a backup QB to the NFC championship game.
Things changed when Spielman brought in the missing piece.
Quit bagging on Zimmer so much and realize they both failed. And Cousins was the cause; if not directly, then indirectly through salary cap issues.
If you were the coach, could you have had a successful defense with the defensive players on this or last years roster?
Zimmer is gone. Time to move on.
No question. There are many defensive coordinators in the league who could have had this defense playing much better. Just never starting Breeland would have won games. Mike Zimmer is about as responsible for this season result as is possible.
Did injuries hurt? Yes, Mike Hughes struggled with them and left and we used up another fist round pick on a corner who got himself tossed from the league. Had those picks been players on the team we were likely better. The point though is Zimmer was given the players he needed to field a highly competitive team and it was 100% his decision making that effected how that played out.
There are a good many head coaches in the league and likely assistants who would have won a lot of games with these guys this year.
Blaming it on the QB who puts up the kind of efficiency Cousins does is laughable. It’s nothing more than Zimmer trying to drum up sympathy. Zimmer never had a meeting with his starting QB until the last half of this year and that was at Cousins request. We all know from what Zimmer said about it, that Cousins was lobbying to call the plays himself. It was a no go with Zimmer and we all watched the ridiculous play calling unfold.
Based on what Kendricks had to say, it didn’t go any better on the other side of the ball when players wanted to express ideas that could improve performance. Zimmer simply wasn’t having it. It’s the coaches way and that’s that. We have all paid the price.
I read an article or interview today that pointed out Cousins gave Zimmer no vote of confidence in interviews at the end and avoided saying much of anything. The article claimed Cousins was furious at Zimmer for denying JJ the record. All Zimmer had to say about it was he doesn’t care about records only wins. Yeah we got exactly how you felt Zimmer when you purposely made sure he couldn’t get it.
Oh well, rant over, I’m so freaking happy he’s gone and hopeful we can get a guy in willing to let the team have at least some say or at least be able to voice an idea or opinion. It’s called collaboration and in my opinion it’s vital to success.
The Wilf’s believe we are not far away and I agree. Get Cousins contract under control and stabilize our cap situation and there’s a good base in place to do some damage.
