I Was Wrong About Mediocre Mike
Oct 20, 2021 22:15:07 GMT -6
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Post by Reignman on Oct 20, 2021 22:15:07 GMT -6
Soak it in because I rarely admit when I'm wrong ... mainly because I'm rarely wrong xD, but yep, this was one of those times, so I'm here to take my lumps.
I took a closer look, and it turns I'm giving him too much credit with his new moniker. I apologize. He's not even mediocre, he's just really good at padding his wins against inferior opponents.
Sure, overall he's mediocre, as evident by this chart where he's ranked 9th out of the 18 coaches who have coached at least 80 games from 2014-2020.
But the goal here is to win championships and by that standard, the only standard, he can only wish he was at least mediocre. Lets break it down and rank him against these same 18 coaches in categories that might be indicative of ones ability to fill a trophy case.
Now here's where the magic happens ... how he lead me into a false belief of mediocrity.
Impressive! Oh yeah, and "against teams that were better/worse", that simply goes by who finished the season with the better record, not who had the better record at the time of the game. The Nemesis-tem is not in play for this exercise.
In the categories that matter, he's even below the NFL average, in every category. Zimmer is similar to those handful of guys at the bottom of the 18. Not a good group to be associated with. The only difference is Zimmer is just better at beating Detroit than they are. AKA does just enough to save his job. Cuz Vikings!!! If there's one thing we can't accuse him of, it's playing down to the competition. Well he does, but he still manages to somehow win those games.
Can anyone honestly look at all those .200 records and believe this guy is going to win 3-4 consecutive games in Jan/Feb any time soon? Because I don't know if you guys have heard, but they don't allow to many of those below .500 teams into the playoffs. Misleading Mike can't even hold double digit 4th quarter leads against the likes of Goff or Darnold.
And for the fun of it, the 18 against each other. And remember, the 18 aren't necessarily the best 18, just the 18 who managed to stay employed long enough to make the list the past 7 seasons. Regular season only, 2014-2020.
That's the first time I've been surprised. I expected him to be near the bottom of this list, but he holds his own against some of the other guys who manage to find ways to hold onto their job. The bad news is, he's mediocre here too. Yeah sorry, Matt Patricia didn't qualify.
Ok I think I got it. Zimferior! Because he's an inferior solution to the empty trophy case problem. Nailed it! I heard someone refer to him as Zimrod too, which got a chuckle outa me xD.
Hey speaking of monikers Spielman's name might work fine just as it is for him.
spiel:
Yeah, sounds about right.
I took a closer look, and it turns I'm giving him too much credit with his new moniker. I apologize. He's not even mediocre, he's just really good at padding his wins against inferior opponents.
Sure, overall he's mediocre, as evident by this chart where he's ranked 9th out of the 18 coaches who have coached at least 80 games from 2014-2020.
RK W- L-T PCT
1. Bill Belichick 81-31-0 .723
2. Andy Reid 80-32-0 .714
3. Pete Carroll 74-37-1 .665
Mike Tomlin 74-37-1 .665
5. Sean Payton 70-42-0 .625
6. Bruce Arians 57-38-1 .599
7. John Harbaugh 67-45-0 .598
8. Jason Garrett 56-40-0 .583
9. Mike Zimmer 64-47-1 .576
18 coach average .572
10. Ron Rivera 58-49-1 .542
11. Mike McCarthy 49-42-1 .538
12. Doug Pederson 42-37-1 .531
13. Marvin Lewis 41-37-2 .525
14. Bill O'Brien 52-48-0 .520
15. Dan Quinn 43-42-0 .506
16. Jay Gruden 35-49-1 .418
17. Adam Gase 32-48-0 .400
18. Doug Marrone 32-50-0 .390
But the goal here is to win championships and by that standard, the only standard, he can only wish he was at least mediocre. Lets break it down and rank him against these same 18 coaches in categories that might be indicative of ones ability to fill a trophy case.
18 NFL
CATEGORY W- L-T PCT RANK AVG AVG
against teams above .500: 14-34-0 .292 15th .395 .323
against eventual division winners: 7-20-0 .259 12th .325 .276
against eventual playoff teams: 13-32-0 .289 15th .374 .305
against teams that were better: 8-31-0 .205 17th .279 .253
actual playoff win pct: 2- 3-0 .400 11th .518 .500
actual playoff wins: 2 tied 11th 3.3 1.9
Now here's where the magic happens ... how he lead me into a false belief of mediocrity.
against teams below .500: 47- 8-1 .848 2nd .737 .672
against non-playoff teams: 51-15-1 .769 3rd .688 .622
against teams that were worse: 55-13-1 .804 2nd .756 .747
Impressive! Oh yeah, and "against teams that were better/worse", that simply goes by who finished the season with the better record, not who had the better record at the time of the game. The Nemesis-tem is not in play for this exercise.
In the categories that matter, he's even below the NFL average, in every category. Zimmer is similar to those handful of guys at the bottom of the 18. Not a good group to be associated with. The only difference is Zimmer is just better at beating Detroit than they are. AKA does just enough to save his job. Cuz Vikings!!! If there's one thing we can't accuse him of, it's playing down to the competition. Well he does, but he still manages to somehow win those games.
Can anyone honestly look at all those .200 records and believe this guy is going to win 3-4 consecutive games in Jan/Feb any time soon? Because I don't know if you guys have heard, but they don't allow to many of those below .500 teams into the playoffs. Misleading Mike can't even hold double digit 4th quarter leads against the likes of Goff or Darnold.
And for the fun of it, the 18 against each other. And remember, the 18 aren't necessarily the best 18, just the 18 who managed to stay employed long enough to make the list the past 7 seasons. Regular season only, 2014-2020.
vs Zim
RK W- L-T PCT W-L-T
1. Andy Reid 28-12-0 .700 1-1-0
2. Pete Carroll 36-16-1 .689 4-0-0
3. Bill Belichick 33-15-0 .688 2-0-0
4. Sean Payton 36-21-0 .632 3-1-0
5. Mike Tomlin 34-24-0 .586 1-0-0
6. Jason Garrett 26-23-0 .531 1-1-0
7. Ron Rivera 30-28-1 .517 1-2-0
8. Mike Zimmer 24-23-1 .510
9. John Harbaugh 27-29-0 .482 0-1-0
10. Dan Quinn 23-26-0 .469 0-3-0
11. Bill O'Brien 20-26-0 .435 0-2-0
12. Doug Pederson 19-26-0 .422 1-2-0
13. Bruce Arians 17-24-1 .417 2-1-0
14. Mike McCarthy 19-27-1 .415 5-5-1
15. Marvin Lewis 16-25-2 .395 0-1-0
16. Doug Marrone 12-21-0 .364 1-1-0
17. Jay Gruden 14-30-1 .322 1-2-0
18. Adam Gase 7-25-0 .219 0-1-0
That's the first time I've been surprised. I expected him to be near the bottom of this list, but he holds his own against some of the other guys who manage to find ways to hold onto their job. The bad news is, he's mediocre here too. Yeah sorry, Matt Patricia didn't qualify.
Ok I think I got it. Zimferior! Because he's an inferior solution to the empty trophy case problem. Nailed it! I heard someone refer to him as Zimrod too, which got a chuckle outa me xD.
Hey speaking of monikers Spielman's name might work fine just as it is for him.
spiel:
a long or fast speech or story, typically one intended as a means of persuasion or as an excuse but regarded with skepticism or contempt by those who hear it.
I gave him too much credit. He's worse than mediocre if you take away his win padding against inferior teams. You don't get to play inferior teams in the playoffs, so hell no he won't be leading anyone to a Super Bowl lol.
I gave him too much credit. He's worse than mediocre if you take away his win padding against inferior teams. You don't get to play inferior teams in the playoffs, so hell no he won't be leading anyone to a Super Bowl lol.
... and neither is this Chris guy.