Hypothetical question -- how important is (1 Viewer)

[Chase Stuart]

Was talking to someone and they mentioned that you have to blame the entire coaching staff, not just Belichick, and that a funny penalty would be to suspend the entire coaching staff for the Jets-Patriots rematch in Foxboro. That got me to thinking -- what would be the line on such a game? The Pats aren't allowed to have any of their current coaches on the sidelines or in the booth during the game. Would it matter if they were allowed to use a replacement coaching staff? I don't even know who that would include, but I suppose it couldn't hurt.

Obviously this isn't going to happen but it brings about a fun hypothetical: how important is having a coaching staff on the sidelines? What would you predict the score would be for Jets@Pats, without a coaching staff? If you have the Pats winning, what teams couldn't they beat without a coaching staff on the sidelines (they could still help them prepare before the game)? If you have the Jets winning, what teams could the Patriots beat?

 

[Kleck.]

No coaches = Indy's offense pretty much unstoppable.

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

Might be the best team to happen to, because Tom Brady could likely run the NE offense himself. Not sure about D and ST. Maybe just have the captains be the coaching staff that day, and call the plays on the field?

 

[certificate]

I'd say without a coaching staff (any coaching staff), I'd set the line at Jets -30. Someone has to call the plays from the box, adjusted to the schemes the jets are running.

 

[prymetyme25]

doesn't really matter i'm sure they'll find a way to cheat at that too. Maybe smoke signal. Sticky notes. Ballon drops and #### like that.

 

[SSOG]

If you specify that the coaches can't be in communication with the players at all... I really don't think there's much chance of the team winning. I mean, who calls the plays? Even if Tom Brady had Belichick's mind surgically implanted in his head, you can only see so much from the field, and I'm sure he's too concerned with other things to spend much time analyzing patterns and trends.

If the coaches could be in the booth, or watching from TV, and could communicate with someone on the sidelines, then I think it'd depend on the coaches. For someone like a Mike Martz or a Mike Shanahan, a scheme-junkie, I don't think it'd be that crippling. For someone like a Herm Edwards or a Marty Schottenheimer, someone known as more of a motivator than an Xs and Os guy, I think it would be debilitating.