keasley45
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LTH":3o25jimg said:keasley45":3o25jimg said:I guess it just depends on whether you think he can fix his shortcomings and improve over the next 5 weeks.
I dont see it.
It's a really difficult choice IMO... If you bench Wilson, then you send him a very strong message that you have lost confidence in him that's a bad thing.
on the flip side if you bench Wilson maybe the competition pulls him out of the funk.
from my perception, I don't see Carroll trading Wilson. Carroll is into his five-year contract and probably will retire after that. Wilson is his best chance to get back to the SB...as there isn't much chance of finding someone better.
that being said I think Carroll believes he can work out of this. Not sure how long Wilson has been an issue. I assume that winning might have masked Wilson's read issues. Not sure if Carroll's ego is an issue here as well. maybe it is a legit criticism that Carroll was ineffective in dealing with the problem for years. I can't imagine that he would not have understood there was a read issue with Wilson and winning was the factor that made him in effective in dealing with the problem. because if you're winning than it's not that much of a problem until the league figures it out which it seems the case for the last couple of years.
Clearly there are more things going on than what we know about...It just feels to me there are other things going on this year.
LTH
You bring up an good point about Pete's contract, but you can see that the other way too. I've said this before, but I honestly think Pete is bewildered by how Russ has played this and is beside himself still at how Russ is just committed to doing what he wants, with the same results.
He has to know that 1. If Russ can't pick up the xs and os aspect of the game, they have no chance of winning in the next 4 years because the only thing that got Russ over the deficiency before was being able to improvise.
2. He also has to see the collateral damage that the rift between the two of them is causing and how difficult and unlikely it will be for Russ to go from campaigning for 'Let Russ Cook' to what?... 'let Russ manage'..?. I don't think Russ can or will do that. He might for the rest of the year, but not going into next year. Russ is in a position now where I think he has to have a fresh start if he wants to secure his legacy. If he does it under Carrol, that in some ways solidifies the idea that he was a manager the entire time but needed a defense ( which we seem to be getting again ) and a running game (which im sure they will rebivest in) to win anything but the stat game. And I think Pete runs the risk of losing the whole team if he continues to shackle himself to Wilson.