Washburn To Eagles? (Now confirmed)

There is no internet video that can express how upset this makes me. I'm going to go and drink some paint now. And the Eagles are my second favorite team! Maybe I'll just knock myself out with freon instead. PHILLY STYLE!

 

Didn't watch many Titans games in 2010 huh?

 

I guess for some posters i have to slowwwwwww it down a bit.

When Washburn has a guy over several seasons very often there has been little appreciation in value and in many cases a decline. See Hayes-Ford-Starks. Wouldn''t great coaching be beneficial over the long run?

Babin, KVB and Ball played well from their first season here. When each of those guys came here they were already motivated to play because their careers were on the line and they had one season contracts. Babin comes here as a 30 year old bust who has a career on the line.

If Wash did some good things to make these guys work harder and feel more appreciated then fine but what has he done with talent over the long haul?

I would love to see what kind of player Babin would be next year after he gets a new fat contract.

If you think that one camp and one preseason of coaching is the main reason Babin went from bust to good player you are stupid.

He was at the right place in the right system and motivated to keep his career going and make some money. Same with AH and Odom who only played at the top of their games when money was on the line.

 

AH underperformed his talent level until his contract years. Making over $10M a year was his motivation it had nothing to do with the line coach.

 

Again i ask what miraculous job did Wash do to get more production out of Hayes-Haye-Marks-Ford? That's half our defensive line.

 

I follow you a bit here- correct me if I'm wrong. Your premise is that our DL player success in the past has been due primarily to putting previously unmotivated but talented players into our scheme with a big contract on the line. Washburn may have had some slight influence with motivation but his coaching presence was not significantly better than other DL coaches to contribute to their elevated level of play. Is that what you're suggesting?

 

Chuck Smith probably deserves a big share of the credit for AH taking his game up a level in 2007 and 2008. He personally coached and from that point on AH was able to sue his physical ability to dominate.

Chuck Smith is also a guy I'd like for them to replace Wash with.

I think both motivation and simply AH being a better player both contributed to his rise as one of the best DTs in the game.

 

Damn I hope not!

I actually have some reason for mild enthusiasm regarding the Vols in 2011. Don't need to Chuck to leave them to come to this Titanic mess.

 

Tony Brown wasn't drafted. While I don't think Washburn is a prophet who's gonna cure cancer, I think he was great at getting unexpected guys to overachieve. Tony Brown went from unheard of to a good starter, KVB and Babin were forgotten before signing with us and suddenly became Pro Bowlers, a washed up Kearse with no legs left and wasn't even expected to start, showed some flashes, even 5th round reserves like Dave Ball and Jacob Ford have already done more than we could have hoped for when they were drafted. And Odom actually had a career year right before his departure, so it's unfair to say he was mediocre at best.