That was good post, ballhawk; it gave a players' eye view of the coaching situation. And, if we're getting the players' true feelings, it would seem to suggest that Benevides hasn't really lost the locker room.ballhawk wrote:While respecting the opinions of other posters on this website, I respectfully disagree and believe Benevides and the other coaches should be given the opportunity to right the ship next year. A suitable QB is crucial. That's my opinion. While I was made to look a fool by cromartie because I disagree with him and many other posters on this issue, my previous post simply included quotes by Elimimian and Marsh.
I think all of us on this forum agree that some coaching changes are needed to right the ship. It seems clear that our coaching leaders are lacking in the fine-grained, up-to-date, and creative tactics and strategy needed to win in the CFL-- the "x's and o's." However, this finely-tuned knowledge and approach doesn't have to come from the HC; we could have coordinators who are good at this and are tasked with providing it, with the HC taking on other crucial leadership duties. A functional and effective coaching hierarchy could consist of two detail guys as the coordinators and a HC who has good executive, organizational, and leadership abilities providing oversight, along with player personnel evaluation, motivating activities aimed at the coaches and players, and appropriate conduct management, like moving definitively to reduce undisciplined behavior on and off the field, while holding everyone beneath him in the hierarchy accountable for good performance in their specific domains. It certainly wouldn't hurt to have a HC with a detail orientation, but it isn't critical. In my view, good leadership tendencies--skill and style--are more important (as long as someone in the organization can provide the molecular detail).