04-14-2025, 09:52 AM
(04-13-2025, 02:31 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Amen.1000% ..although it would be pretty cool if Burton got his act to get her because he could be a very good receiver
I am skeptical about a new coach or coordinator being able to turn sh!te into shinola, water into wine, or molehills into mountains. Look at NE's OL last year with Peters, they stunk.
But I am a believer in a coach being able to get more out of a player, and the collective, than a previous coach. Be it through better communication, less ego, less rigidity, etc.
Especially so when the player in question has a history of good performance (Pratt, Stone) and/or has good physical tools and a good work ethic (Murphy, Ossai, Jenkins, Jackson, Heyward, D. Hill, Turner, Mims, Iosivas, C. Brown, All).
I am less optimistic on the guys with lesser physical tools (Volson, Battle), lower work ethics (Battle), or who seem kinda knuckleheaded sometimes (Pratt, CTB).
Burton is in a whole nother category.
Pratt has marks on both sides.