Thank you mike Sherman

[RashanGary]

i agree sov...nice post.

[retailguy]

Sherman had absolutely ZERO qualifications to be hired as G.M. That's on Wolf and Harlan. That does not however take all the blame off of Sherman, because if he would have been just an average G.M., he'd still be employed by the Pack.

Horrendous G.M. and an average coach, will get you fired more times than not. He was way in over his head on player evaluation, and it cost him both of his titles. He earned his firing, and should not be felt sorry for, or made out to be a victim

SOV ... My buddy. Thanks for showing up. I knew you'd be here. Nick needs you....

Thanks for admitting that Harlan/Wolf have some blame here. If you recall, I argued that over and over with you at JSO.

While Sherm's qualifications were definitely "light" others have the dual role with similar backgrounds to Sherman. In 2000, Bellichek had some head coaching experience, (not good experience)and had been a DC a LOT longer, but didn't have any more experience on the personnel side than sherman. Same with Dennis Green. I'm sure there are others.

Am I putting Sherman in the category with Bellichek? Nick, hear me clearly now, NO. My point is, that at some point someone deemed him worthy of the chance with no measurable personnel evaluation credentials either.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. This time it didn't. Rational explanations don't make someone out to be a victim. Even Vic knows that....

[pbmax]

Horrendous G.M. and an average coach, will get you fired more times than not. He was way in over his head on player evaluation, and it cost him both of his titles. He earned his firing, and should not be felt sorry for, or made out to be a victim

Hold the phone there Gladys. I'm sure APB will be along to chime in on this as well, but Sherman's record speaks to better than just an average coach.

I broke down the roster between Sherman in 2004 and what Wolf left him, and at best you could call the starters even and find evidence of a lack of depth.

Before he got his hands fully around this team, they had just gone 8-8 (Rhodes) and 9-7 (Sherman I). What followed was 44 up and 20 down. That's way better than average.

He constructed an O-Line and running game from scratch where there hadn't been one before.

On the minus side, his playoff record stunk and as Christl has pointed out, he hired an average D coord first, followed by a catastrophe followed by a good one.

On the whole, he is better than average as a coach.