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You make good points. But I think it’s hard for EB as he was bashed for not calling plays in KC and now is hit for the quality of his play calling in Washington, when there’s so much variance in the play he got from Howell. I was a believer in Howell early doors but the drop off the second half of the season, made the fact that Rivera and the Washington brain trust didn’t go get Lamar almost inexcusable.
Anyway I’m biased as I want every black coach to get the job regardless of whether media/fan opinion thinks they are good or not..
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Of course - but Josh Harris isn't the reason that Bienemy is less attractive as a HC now than on leaving KC.
I'm a Washington fan so I have my own opinions about Howell, and the fall off in the second half of the season was something which happened to the entire team, so as you say, is really tough to gauge in a vacuum, and 6 people will probably have half a dozen opinions over whos at 'fault'.
I skew more towards EB being responsible for not realising he didn't have Patrick Mahomes any more - ultimately if your OC can't get the most out of a young/rookie QB then they are in a tough spot.
It's really hard to discern why someone who led (or close to it) the league in a number of (albeit volume based) metrics through the front end of the season followed it with such a precipitous fall off. I don't think it is EBs fault but I do think it is on the OC to find a way to cope/steady the ship, which EB didn't - even if you accept other factors at play. Clearly there is talent there somewhere with Howell, which wasn't fully realised.
This ties in really nicely with the coaching tree discussion - how do you separate Bienemy the OC from Mahomes before this season? Their successes are inextricably linked, but what VAR (if you will) was Bienemy doing, and what was just a magical offence. If you looked at the front of Washington's season you'd say - more of the same, but then...