This reminds me of the end of North Dallas Forty where Nick Nolte's character, after getting cut, says "But I caught X TD's last season", and the Coach replies "We designed those plays, we LET you catch X TD's last season". It's a chicken/egg argument.
We, as fans, try to quantify and justify using individual stats when all those stats are generated by the team. We can say that Goff has been playing poorly, by looking at his stat sheet, but it doesn't reflect dropped passes, or missed blocks, or tipped INT's. We can say he didn't throw as many TD's, but were the plays called that led to a TD? Did a defender make a shoe-string tackle that prevented a breakaway, a ball dropped, a hand-off at the goal line, etc. Likewise, we can say that McVay is a winning coach, but maybe it was because he has superior talent? (The Jimmy Johnson/Barry Switzer Cowboys). Or maybe Akers made a spectacular cut that turned a bad run call on 3rd and 8 into a 10 yard gain. Good players can bail out bad coaching decisions.
So you can say that McVay made the player, and that the player made the coach and be right on both accounts. We won't know until they are separated. (Brady/Belichik).
You win together and you lose together, that's supposed to be the "We, not me" philosophy. However, McVay has turned it into "It's him, not me" which is why this is so confounding.
