Patler
12-20-2009, 07:18 AM
Very good article about the coach:
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/79688882.html
As many of you know, I have been very critical of MM's choices for assistant coaches from the time he was putting together his first staff. At the same time, I have consistently said that one of the best coaches on the staff is Edgar Bennett. Every runner that comes through Green Bay seems to improve, some quite dramatically. Jackson went from being an incompetent blocker as a rookie to being a very reliable third down back. Wynn seemed to learn professionalism to go with basic talent. Korey Hall learned to be a full back after having been a linebacker in college.
Bennett first jumped out as an effective coach during the revolving door year for running backs in 2005. It seemed like every week there was a new one having to play due to injuries, and Bennett would meet them at the airport with playbook in hand. One of the new backs commented that year about how Bennett simplified and explained, and never left their sides while getting them ready to contribute within days.
Too bad the same can't be said for O-lineman. What O-lineman has come in here and improved their play in the way Jackson has? or Wynn? or Grant? or Hall? Except for moderate improvements, the O-linemen seem to be the same players 2, 3 and 4 years later that they were as rookies. There have been many, many young linemen brought in, and I have not seen any one of them really develop, change, improve. They simply are what they were. The Packers need an O-line coach who is as effective with the linemen as Bennett is with the running backs.
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/79688882.html
As many of you know, I have been very critical of MM's choices for assistant coaches from the time he was putting together his first staff. At the same time, I have consistently said that one of the best coaches on the staff is Edgar Bennett. Every runner that comes through Green Bay seems to improve, some quite dramatically. Jackson went from being an incompetent blocker as a rookie to being a very reliable third down back. Wynn seemed to learn professionalism to go with basic talent. Korey Hall learned to be a full back after having been a linebacker in college.
Bennett first jumped out as an effective coach during the revolving door year for running backs in 2005. It seemed like every week there was a new one having to play due to injuries, and Bennett would meet them at the airport with playbook in hand. One of the new backs commented that year about how Bennett simplified and explained, and never left their sides while getting them ready to contribute within days.
Too bad the same can't be said for O-lineman. What O-lineman has come in here and improved their play in the way Jackson has? or Wynn? or Grant? or Hall? Except for moderate improvements, the O-linemen seem to be the same players 2, 3 and 4 years later that they were as rookies. There have been many, many young linemen brought in, and I have not seen any one of them really develop, change, improve. They simply are what they were. The Packers need an O-line coach who is as effective with the linemen as Bennett is with the running backs.