Where I'm at midseason

[Johnstonny]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

It being his choice is part of the question, but even if it is a lot of great drafters have whiffed on QB picks before. Hell, Bobby Beathard was a legend but he's also known as the guy who traded up to take Ryan Leaf.

QB is definitely a crapshoot.

[ForJimmy]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Yeah, that guy.

My two big complaints about Reich so far are that and questionable depth chart decisions.

Yeah I think he jumped the gun on changing the entire scheme before the roster was ready.  

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, ForJimmy said:

Yeah I think he jumped the gun on changing the entire scheme before the roster was ready.  

thats pretty obvious at this point

[SmokinwithWilly]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

One of my biggest complaints in the regular work world was when decisions were made by people who were ill-informed to make those decisions.

That's a problem no matter where it happens.

It's one of the things that was the hardest for me to learn in business. You hire people who excel in certain areas. I can't know everything. My job is to manage the people. Letting go, especially for a control freak, is extremely difficult to do. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, ForJimmy said:

Yeah I think he jumped the gun on changing the entire scheme before the roster was ready.  

I'd expect he was always going to go into it with a West Coast based scheme.

BUT...

Per his own words, Reich stated that he wanted to tailor the scheme to fit the players rather than the other way around.

It doesn't look like he's doing that.

[ForJimmy]

2 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

thats pretty obvious at this point

Which is why I'm not too concerned about what really thought about the roster/team before the season started.  He and his staff developed an offense without taking into consideration the strength of the players on the roster.  

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

Which is why I'm not too concerned about what really thought about the roster/team before the season started.  He and his staff developed an offense without taking into consideration the strength of the players on the roster.  

The question becomes what will they do in the coming offseason?

You certainly can't install an entirely new offense in the middle of the year, but you can tailor the attack to your personal plenty over a full offseason.

That, or you can make some changes to the line so that they better fit what you want to run.

[SmokinwithWilly]

2 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Which is why I'm not too concerned about what really thought about the roster/team before the season started.  He and his staff developed an offense without taking into consideration the strength of the players on the roster.  

Which is what makes it even more confusing. We have a line built to run over people but instead are one of the highest passing teams in the league. 

[CRA]

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

Per his own words, Reich stated that he wanted to tailor the scheme to fit the players rather than the other way around.

It doesn't look like he's doing that.

it's weird, it's almost like coaches and teams just sell you a bunch of bologna publicly they want you to believe.  Not that it's all rooted in truth.  So maybe you can't put much stock in their words. 

I got this weird deja vu feeling. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, SmokinwithWilly said:

Which is what makes it even more confusing. We have a line built to run over people but instead are one of the highest passing teams in the league. 

Regardless of who's calling the plays...

I know people were looking for the switch from Reich to Brown to make a big difference, it really didn't.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Regardless of who's calling the plays...

I know people were looking for the switch from Reich to Brown to make a big difference, it really didn't.

The playbook is the playbook and it's built around these complicated blocking schemes that don't play to our lines strengths. Changing playcallers wasn't going to change much if you're still reading from the same book. 

[PootieNunu]

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'd expect he was always going to go into it with a West Coast based scheme.

BUT...

Per his own words, Reich stated that he wanted to tailor the scheme to fit the players rather than the other way around.

It doesn't look like he's doing that.

It is only tailored to fit Bryce. This is where most of the problem is coming from. We cannot keep running this and taking 4-6 sacks with another 10 knockdowns every game. Our team is not built for this system outside of BY. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, PootieNunu said:

It is only tailored to fit Bryce. This is where most of the problem is coming from. We cannot keep running this and taking 4-6 sacks with another 10 knockdowns every game. Our team is not built for this system outside of BY. 

I'd say the receiver spot could be an issue there as well.

What you want ideally in a WCO is a set of receivers who have great run after the catch ability.

I don't see very much of that on our team.

[PootieNunu]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

I'd say the receiver spot could be an issue there as well.

What you want ideally in a WCO is a set of receivers who have great run after the catch ability.

I don't see very much of that on our team.

We have more of the run away from the ball kind of WRs and slow ass Thielen