Yes, to some extent... and all I meant by that was that he was a part of those teams but not ultimately responsible for their success or failure. It's not like he can be completely excluded from the outcomes when he was the defensive coordinator for those teams.mondry wrote:lol, to some extent?!
Relax, I wasn't trying to be positive or negative, just stating a fact, which I then qualified by saying that the absence of playoff wins over Zimmer's NFL career as a coordinator doesn't mean he can't win in the postseason as a head coach. I mistakenly thought that qualification would make it clear that I wasn't holding the postseason goose egg (as a coordinator) against him.Dalton had 3 turnovers by himself, completed only 56.9% of his passes, and a rating of 67.0. One of those picks was returned to the 3 yard line and zimmer's defense stuffed them and held them to a field goal. Next possession? Pick #2 for Dalton and what did Zimmer's D do? 3 and out, stopped on 3rd and 1, chargers punt. Offense turns it over on downs again! Dalton also fumbled earlier in the game and it was recovered by the Chargers.
Rivers only had 128 yards passing even! But can't give them short fields via turnovers.
Zimmer only controlled 1/3rd of the team (offense, defense, special teams) and for all intents and purposes, his 1/3rd of the team is pretty much THE reason the Bengals even sniff the playoffs all those years. I for one am excited to see if that 1/3rd he was responsible for can translate to the entire team as the head coach. Plenty of guys from winning franchises like the Patriots who have butt loads of playoff wins (Josh Mcdaniels comes to mind) flame out so clearly being part of a TEAM that has playoff success isn't the deciding factor in a successful head coach either. I see very little reason to hold that against Zimmer unless you're simply looking for a reason to be negative.
Remember, I like Mike Zimmer as a choice for Vikings head coach. I've said so from the start and I have no reason to run him down.