Wednesday, January 14, 2009

And I'm back, with some stats....

There have been a lot of rumors floating around about Herm Edwards predicted dismissal in Kansas City. Depending on who you're listening to, you'll get a variety of explanations. Mr. Jim Rome (talk show host of "Rome is Burning”) believes, and I quote, "Herm Edwards is a good coach, and he should stay in Kansas City."
In my opinion, and this is JUST my opinion, Jim Rome is dead wrong. I'm a stats man myself, so I'll try to explain my belief, and why I feel Herm isn't a good head coach.

Herm Edwards Career
Number of Seasons: 8
Number of Winning Seasons: 4
Number of Playoff appearances: 4
Playoff record: 2-4
Number of seasons with 11 or more wins: 0
Number of Seasons with 10 or more losses: 4
Number of Divisional titles: 1 (with NYJ)
Herm's record with Jets: 39-41
Record under previous Jets coach: 29-19
Herm's record with Chiefs: 15-33 (including a 6-26 run in the past two seasons)
Record under previous Chiefs coach: 44-36

Herm Edwards rankings (average of yearly rankings of teams, Jets and Chiefs)*
Pass offense: 21st
Run offense: 17th
Total offense: 22nd
Pass defense: 11th
Run defense: 23rd
Total defense: 17
*worst being 32nd, best being 1st

Enough statistics, WE GET IT
What I'm trying to explain is this.
Herm is a middle of the road coach on a good day. His specialty is pass defense, which makes sense, because he played defensive back his entire career. Herm is not a good head coach; he is a great defensive back's coach.
I'm not speaking to the man's character however, he isn't a bad person. Undoubtedly he is a determined and driven individual, but he isn't his mentor Tony Dungy. Let's move on, and get better.