Jerod Mayo "coaching for his job"? Is bringing Mayo back, (to see if he's the right guy) risky for Maye's development?

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00:00Once, when I gave him facts about Dan Campbell's first year, Kyle Shanahan's first year,

00:09Belichick's five or six seasons, but even Bill's first year, Andy Reid's first year,

00:14and how they all struggled as coaches as far as wins and losses.

00:19And those are facts like where you just don't fire guys after one year.

00:25You think Gerard Mayo is going to be Andy Reid?

00:27I didn't say he was going to be Andy Reid.

00:29I don't know what Gerard Mayo is going to be.

00:30But there are lots of head coaches who have struggled in their first year,

00:36who have not made it very far in this league.

00:39Right. And I'm not saying that Mayo is not one of those guys.

00:41There are just as many examples of that.

00:43I think you can identify whether somebody has it or doesn't have it, and you can cut bait

00:50because you're worried about the development of your most important asset, and that is Drake May.

00:55But I would say this, Greg, the Patriots roster is the worst in the NFL.

01:00I get that, Curtis.

01:00So if you have...

01:01But you tell me all the time that it's the same roster that it was last year.

01:06It's similar, and I'm not saying Mayo's done a good job.

01:09The only difference is the improvement at quarterback.

01:12But he's improved this season, right?

01:14I'm saying your roster got, when you say it's the worst in the NFL,

01:19it got better at the most important position by far.

01:23Right. But the offensive line is the worst in the NFL.

01:26His receivers are the worst in the NFL.

01:28Right.

01:29The defense lost its middle linebacker for the season.

01:32Barmore was out with whatever he's had with the blood clots.

01:36You've had Keon White, who hasn't been very good.

01:39The roster in general, it would really be similar to the Red Sox firing Heimblum,

01:45from my perspective.

01:46I know it's not the coach, it's the GM.

01:47But if this roster was coached by Andy Reid,

01:52they'd win three, four more games.

01:54I would give you that.

01:55But we all thought Dan Campbell was a punchline.

01:58Right.

01:58Like when he got blown out by Bailey Zappi,

02:01and he's up there basically crying at the postgame podium.

02:06I don't know if...

02:07If I had to guess right now,

02:08I don't think Gerard Mayo is going to be a 10-year very successful head coach,

02:12if I had to put money on it.

02:13Yeah.

02:13But I also understand what Wiggy's saying,

02:16which is the perspective I didn't understand,

02:18which is that how people would view this opportunity,

02:23given how little Gerard Mayo had to work with,

02:26how green he was when he was hired,

02:28and how short the leash was.

02:29Look at your boy, even your boy Boomer,

02:32when he was like, you know,

02:34was it Jacksonville that fired Frank right?

02:38No, it's Carolina.

02:38Carolina.

02:39Excuse me.

02:40Carolina fired Frank right through what,

02:4210 or 11 games into his first year.

02:44Like, I get it.

02:45There are mistakes that Gerard Mayo has made.

02:48Has this team regressed in certain areas?

02:51Of course.

02:52You're following the greatest coach of all time.

02:55So there is going to be this area of where you regress as a team,

03:01especially when you don't have no...

03:03I would...

03:04You know what I would say to you, Greg?

03:05I would second your idea if this team made major moves in the offseason,

03:13and they had plenty of talent,

03:15and you go, Gerard just can't do it.

03:17Then I'd be like, okay, I can see what you're saying.

03:20You want to move on from a guy after one year.

03:22But the hand he was dealt,

03:24like the hand he was dealt,

03:26he was given no talent,

03:28and he always talks about it.

03:30And I was even a little bit like,

03:31maybe you got a little bit better talent.

03:33Of course he talks about it.

03:34He wants to point the finger somewhere else.

03:36But it's true though.

03:37Who wouldn't?

03:38That's a fact.

03:39So that's a fact.

03:42That is a fact that he was given a team that had very, very...

03:50Had little talent on it.

03:52Wiggy, it is virtually the same exact team that Bill had.

03:56And the guy won four games last year.

03:58Right.

03:58And on the defensive side of the football,

04:00when it comes to defending the pass or defending the rush,

04:06they have dropped considerably.

04:08Right.

04:08From like ninth to 31st.

04:10And that is supposed to be his bread and butter.

04:12Right.

04:12But you're comparing...

04:13That's not alarming to you?

04:14No, no.

04:15Because you're comparing Bill...

04:16Did you not think that one thing that would be good

04:19under a Gerard Mayo coach team would be the defense?

04:21Right.

04:21But you're comparing a Bill Belichick coach defense

04:25to a Gerard Mayo coach defense.

04:29Exactly.

04:30One's the greatest of all.

04:31It's like trying to compare Tom Brady

04:35and his later years to Matt Jones' first year.

04:39You're always going to have that drop.

04:41Or like Arkan to Greg Hill.

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