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Speed_Kills
And was handed the best team in football and 4 years later was out
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Rams_81
the other had the best player in NFL history.
Big difference as a starting point.
Not due to his coaching w/l results though. C'mon, you know the front office and Martz were at odds and Martz wasn't wrong to be paranoid. That's a far cry from having the full support of your management team, a HOF QB and a future HOF QB replacement.
Martz was given coal and asked to from diamonds throughout his career and McCarthy's been given two consecutive Hope diamonds. QB isn't everything but it's a huge part of a coach's success. You agree that McCarthy had a pretty big advantage in that department, right?
McCarthy also wasn't handed chopped liver when he took over for Sherman. Sherman's Packers had gone to the playoffs 4 out of the previous 5 years and 3 straight division championships before a down year in '05. There was a lot more sustained success there than there was with the Rams. The hardest thing McCarthy ever had to do was transition from Favre to Rodgers. Does that even count as an obstacle?