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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 34489, member: 204"]
Maybe it's the media influence, maybe it's simply the way fans tend to look at things, but too often the first reaction to adversity is to criticize the coaching or the system or the playcalling.

I think many of us think about that story that is told about any number of old coaches: "He can take his and beat yours and can take yours and beat his"

That's a true compliment to a coach but it is not realistic.

The reality is that talent usually prevails over coaching.

When Buddy Ryan was in Philly and Chicago he had great defenses. The system - The 46 Defense - was given a lot of credit for that success, but the same system floundered in Arizona. The difference of course was that in Chicago Buddy had guys like Mike Singletary and Richard Dent and in Philly had Reggie White, Eric Allen and Jerome Brown.

When Buddy left Philly, Bud Carson took the same players, used a new system, and had equal if not greater success. It was the players not the system.

With rare exception the players make system, not the other way around.
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