Honestly the quarterbacks have taken most of the heat for a long time. No job in the NFL is more heavily scrutinized. After all it’s the only stat that has its own rating named after it: the quarterback rating. There isn’t any running back rating, edge rusher rating or safety rating. Just the quarterbacks. Well it’s high time that changed and it seems one industrious website is making an effort to do that with their Head Coach Rating system. John Fox, along with the other 31 coaches, have become subject to it.
An interesting concept – a game rating for every NFL head coach’s game management performance, a coach’s version of QB rating:https://t.co/yvVo6jAXBA
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 13, 2017
The problem with a head coach rating is it’s not driven by stats, not in the same sense as quarterbacks. So it could prove difficult to determine an accurate, believable number to rate one. Well the folks at headcoachranking.com found a way, and it is laid out in a simple but detailed process.
“HCR (“Head Coach Rating”) is a proprietary algorithm utilizing rigorous qualitative judgments that considers a head coach’s performance in 5 key areas – areas we feel strongly influence the outcome of any game. The 5 factors we review, analyze and grade are:
1. Play-Calling
2. Personnel Utilization
3. Game Planning
4. In-game Adjustments
5. Clock Management”
Once all the numbers are crunched, each head coach is given a grade from 0-10 to determine their overall effectiveness. Based on their latest results through week 14 of this season, it seems Bears fans have had a legitimate gripe about Fox all year long.
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Head Coach Rankings through week 14 isn’t a good John Fox look
Fox ranked 27th overall in the league when all five categories were compiled. It also can’t be a good look for him that his two primary disciples, Adam Gase and Jack Del Rio, rank 26th and 29th respectively. Fox was tied for 24th in play calling, 23rd in personnel, 23rd in game planning, 29th in in-game adjustments and (somehow) 21st in clock management.
All in all he’s bad at some things and really bad at the rest. If Bears fans were looking for some sort of numerical validation that Fox is not what this team needs, this is it. Imagination and personal opinion are left out. The hard data makes it clear. Fox is terrible. Somebody should send this to Ryan Pace and the McCaskey family as a reminder of what their first job should be come January.
