Is anyone else just genuinely surprised by how bad of a head coach McDaniels was and how much he didn’t learn from his time in Denver? It’s erie how similar his behavior was in Denver and Vegas. Alienating the starting QB (Cutler & Carr), trading popular players (Marshall & Waller), over working the team with long meetings and practices, completely unable to connect with his players, stunning level of arrogance sticking to his ‘system’ instead of doing what his players do best. Reaching in the draft (Tebow & Wilson).
It was a long time between head coaching gigs, but he seemed to learn nothing , didn’t change a thing. You’d think given how his first job went he would naturally grow, reflect and figure out what he had to do differently if given another opportunity. He came back a decade later the exact same dude, I find it shocking.
Even now I’d bet in his mind this was the players or the organization’s failings not his. I’m just shocked by his refusal to grow, change and adapt.
Yea the only thing that really surprised me was how quickly he moved on from carr/ Waller and renfrow despite making similar mistakes when with the donkeys. I don’t necessarily think trading Waller was a bad thing, we got a third for a type of player that tends to decline pretty rapidly once their third contract begins. BUT that doesn’t change the fact that he basically tried to remove any player leadership that questioned him like he did for the donkeys.
I don’t think his play design was bad, it was actually kind of impressive at points, however he clearly lacked the tactical ability or awareness to maximize his plays effectively and efficiently