TwinSisters
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U4ikrob said:Sounds familiar in some parts to DC and the Texans - but you cant stop @ 4 years. If memory serves that Oilers team was really REALLY bad - 4 bad seasons & 3 diff coaches including two 1-13 seasons. Not trying to "Church up" Dan's performance, but he didnt have much to work with on the team at all. He split time alot at QB too including his first year and then later because of injuries. The Oilers kept changing things all the time. He basically had one good receiver in Joiner, then Burroughs and later Johnson. They had an avg defense with a few standouts - Alot of RB by committee approach all while changing schemes and coaching staffs proved not very good for the Dan ' the man'
That stuff sounds real familiar...
But Dan also managed to be in the top 10 in pass attempts and completions twice during those first 5 years and in his 5th year went to the Pro-bowl [his first year with Bum coaching] a few years of mediocre playing until 78 when he took the team to a 10-6 record and the playoffs when they switched to 16 games with Earl going all the way to the Division championship game before losing to Pitt.
No, Dan was a better QB then Carr in his first four despite having back to back 1-13 seasons. Or yes, Dan developed faster even with the bad coaching and offensive line ( depending on what you are saying ).
I have to go back and look at the charts to see if the staff was changing so much.
alright:
Dan still had the inferior coaching staff when he made his first mark in his 3rd season ( something that Carr has not done ). When Gillman showed up, the Oilers started to turn around. Yes, the Bum was on the staff at this time also. Gillman walked off after the 74 season because he wouldn't coach for Adams. That 75' season and that defense that Bum put together was what vaulted them into being a good team. Earl came later and made them into a great team.
But the point of bringing up Dan and Jim Plunkett was to look at whether or not being good looking had any bearing on whether or not you played or didn't play.
If you look at Jim Plunkett his stats were better then Dan Pastorini and his team was still losing... but not as bad as the Oilers. Plunkett gets hurt and he is traded, while Dan keeps his starting job.
He rides the pine in Oakland behind Stabler until 1980. He doesn't get another shot to start until Pastorini shows up at Oakland and breaks his leg. ( or whatever it was... I think Pastorini broke his leg. Some type of season ending injury whatever it was)
#1 over all Heisman winner that doesn't get the job over Pastorini? Gets traded and passed around? I don't know... I think being ugly has something to do with it. Maybe in other positions it doesn't matter that much, but at QB that seems to be a factor.
How many ugly QBs can you name? Not many. In any other position, I can easily think of about 50 ugly players ( minus kickers/punters, simply because I don't know if I could name 50 kickers and punters though ) Quarterbacks... well that's different. Nobody likes to have an ugly quarterback leading the team.