Better to try to rein in a wild kid like McCarthy, than try to coax a timid kid out of his shell. (Not that the NFL is full of timid QBs but we have seen them, for sure).
In that vein, it will be interesting to see how long Darnold maintains his performance. I don’t know if he was the timid type before he came to the Vikings, or just bad / or in bad situations. I know he made the seeing ghosts comment. It will be interesting to see Darnold’s playoff performance. If he continues on a high level this season, and McCarthy can put it together this season, then sure, heat the QB discussion to rolling boil. But it’s bizarre people are already positioning to call McCarthy a bust.
We can rant and rave, but on the whole, I don’t think there’s any question KOC is a good to great coach.
Not every year is going to be “your year” and it seems last year should have been ours.