OntarioRam
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McVay has done pretty well this year IMO. A few stinkers, but in large part, where the offense has succeeded, it's been largely due to some good schemeing IMO. We've had lots of bad drops this year that have killed drives, or even cost us TDs dropping balls in the end zone or just failing to make the tough catch in the end zone. There is nothing McVay can do about that. Puka in particular should have a few more TDs, as good as he has been as a rookie. I am a big Higbee fan but he seems to have lost his inability to catch lately.
I'd 100% keep McVay barring an absolutely elite coach somehow becoming available. He's a very good coach. But also overrated IMO, with a select few flaws that unfortunately are so easy to exploit they become borderline fatal in my view despite an otherwise great coaching mind - almost like an achilles heel on the mighty fighter.
It is ironic that McVay is so quick to move off players that are good, but not as good as the alternatives that are out there. Cut throat, win at all costs, never being afraid to move off even a talented commodity. If a top 3 coach somehow becomes available I think the Rams should cast McVay off in heartbeat. The problem is those guys rarely do hit the market, and McVay is quite good, so it's not easy to upgrade. I'd definitely take Reid, Shanahan (they are close, but when Shanny routinely owns McVay it is hard not to give him the edge), or Harbaugh over McVay for sure (the Ravens are perpetually crippled by injuries yet always among the league's elite despite playing in a tougher AFC - the Rams would be in total meltdown mode if we had the Ravens' injury luck over the past few years). I'd place McVay in the same tier as Tomlin, Pederson, and yes, Pete Carroll, that always who the Seahawks in the mix regardless of the roster and seems to have executed a re-build in only 1 season which is something McVay has been unable to execute. I'd still take him about Pete though. Not sure on Tomlin and Pederson. All in all, McVay is anywhere from 4th to 7th best in the NFL IMO. It's hard to improve on that. Some might argue for Sirianni but I want to see him him without a stacked roster.
I'd 100% keep McVay barring an absolutely elite coach somehow becoming available. He's a very good coach. But also overrated IMO, with a select few flaws that unfortunately are so easy to exploit they become borderline fatal in my view despite an otherwise great coaching mind - almost like an achilles heel on the mighty fighter.
It is ironic that McVay is so quick to move off players that are good, but not as good as the alternatives that are out there. Cut throat, win at all costs, never being afraid to move off even a talented commodity. If a top 3 coach somehow becomes available I think the Rams should cast McVay off in heartbeat. The problem is those guys rarely do hit the market, and McVay is quite good, so it's not easy to upgrade. I'd definitely take Reid, Shanahan (they are close, but when Shanny routinely owns McVay it is hard not to give him the edge), or Harbaugh over McVay for sure (the Ravens are perpetually crippled by injuries yet always among the league's elite despite playing in a tougher AFC - the Rams would be in total meltdown mode if we had the Ravens' injury luck over the past few years). I'd place McVay in the same tier as Tomlin, Pederson, and yes, Pete Carroll, that always who the Seahawks in the mix regardless of the roster and seems to have executed a re-build in only 1 season which is something McVay has been unable to execute. I'd still take him about Pete though. Not sure on Tomlin and Pederson. All in all, McVay is anywhere from 4th to 7th best in the NFL IMO. It's hard to improve on that. Some might argue for Sirianni but I want to see him him without a stacked roster.
