Mr. Scot

There's been a fair amount of reporting about it. Vet QB decisions were all Rhule, with the exception of Darnold's fifth year option being Fitterer's call. Long term, Fitterer wanted to draft one, chose Corral largely because that's who McAdoo thought was the best choice. The players with the Temple/Baylor connections were Rhule's picks. So was Thomas Fletcher. Someone recently mentioned he wanted to replace JJ Jansen because Jansen had a strong voice. Hadn't heard that one previously but it's not hard to believe. Beyond that, scouting and such for deeper in the draft would have been Fitterer and the scouting department with guidance from Rhule. As with any front office, others played roles as well (Pat Stewart was said to have been helpful in getting Haason Reddick). So basically, Rhule would have been the spearhead for most major decisions. Of course, reports were that it was. "collaborative" but Rhule's idea of collaboration was to basically badger people continuously until they saw things his way.

Has been for a while now...

FYI: A report in The Athletic says Harbaugh would be interested in only two NFL teams; specifically, the Bears and the Raiders.

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Campen would, though And given how bad this has the potential to make him look, it's hard for me to believe he hasn't said something.

He might have...in private. NFL teams don't take kindly to having their dirty laundry aired in public. Not doing that is the right choice.

Understood, though his statement was that he planned to tool the schemes to fit the players (an idea that made perfect sense). He didn't live up to that...at all. And I really don't know why.

Defensive side of the ball isn't trash at all. Banged up as hell perhaps, but not trash. Special teams has been good too. And to be clear, I'm not "clinging to hope" for anything except Tepper not screwing things up even worse. No, I don't think Fitterer should be fired, but if it does happen I won't be broken up. I'll see it as a mistake, not a tragedy. But then, mistakes aren't exactly a new thing under Tepper, are they?

Disagree. A terrible roster would be weak in all phases. We're only weak in one. The roster does have weak spots (most do) but the OL wasn't one of them until they changed to zone blocking. That wasn't an attempt to scheme around a weakness. It was trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. It's a complete mystery to me why it was done this way.

Yes, they absolutely were. And the fact that they were in a scheme that suited them was part of it. There was no reason whatsoever to retool or change things up front...but we did.

Why should they have, though? One, we had a very good offensive line. What sense would it make to abandon them? It would make way more sense to change the scheme. Second, Reich came in saying his plan was to fit the scheme to the personnel. When coaches are saying that, why would you expect to have to swap personnel?

We know he's got a rep around the league (apparently deserved) and on top of that, we're not in a good situation to attract the best candidates next year. That alone might be a reason to pause on a huge reset. OF course, that may not matter.

Still of the opinion that it's too soon on either front, but there's always a difference between what should happen and what could. Hell, Adrian Wilson hasn't even been here long enough to have an impact yet. Who knows if a new GM keeps him (or Morgan for that matter).

Not a fan of hoping a guy who doesn't know what he's doing just somehow gets lucky. He's got an easy connection with loads of experience as a winner in Kevin Colbert. Don't know why he wouldn't take advantage of that.

Tepper starting from scratch is a nightmare scenario for me unless he brings in someone to help him out.

Yeah, this is gonna get interesting...

Yeah If we'd have stuck with a power run scheme, he's probably still would be.

You have somebody on both sides of you on the interior line. They can't just take a wide path and run around you. It tends to be a better spot for guys like Ickey who have trouble with speed rushers.

Fair

Now confirmed that Burrow is out for the year...

I'm only responsible for one of them so don't blame me

I went back to check who has offensive line coaches were with the Colts. Initially it was a guy that came from the Patriots who didn't last long (he hasn't lasted long anywhere honestly). For four of the five years though, the OL coach was Chris Strausser, a guy who at this moment is coaching the offensive line of the Texans.

If Harbaugh gets fired, he's the next head coach of the Bears.