Dave Canalas is a bum

[raleigh-panther]

40 minutes ago, CRA said:

yeah, I don't get conservative play for a bottom rung team that isn't actually going to do anything.   Be aggressive and go for points.  4th and 1 should often be a no brainer.   You got nothing to lose. 

Particularly with a defense that is a sieve 

236 yards rushing.  236.   And the lack of will to put your best cb on their best wr because ‘the system’   Made Irving look like Barry Sanders out there 

i woukd not cry if Evero leaves and takes his 3 4 with him 

[MHS831]

I think Canales is using this season to develop talent and not put them in situations that may be too big for them.  He wants to win, sure, but he is developing the future this season.  Mays has improved and could be the starting center moving forward.  Ekwonu is much improved at LT.  He is slowly bringing Brooks along.  Smith-Wade had a good game.  Bryce had his second consecutive good game.  Moore has been surprising, and so has our rookie TE and LB.  If you think his play calling was a bit conservative, it probably was.  But on offense, Brooks, Sanders (not yesterday), XL, Coker seem to be on track.  You can criticize him and your points may be valid, but the bottom line:  This team has been blown out all season (except the Raiders) by double-digit losses until they beat the Saints week 9, the Giants week 10, and then took the Chiefs to the last play of the game, followed by the Bucs in overtime--considering we had a bye during the last 4 games, for 5 weeks this team has been competitive.  Winning right now is not as important as developing, and I think Canales has shown that his patience, positivity, and game management have paid off--the tea leaves say we are trending up.  I am OK with that--not going to bitch about the run game when our QB is playing toe-to-toe with Mahomes and then has 300 yards vs Tampa. 

[CRA]

9 minutes ago, raleigh-panther said:

Particularly with a defense that is a sieve 

236 yards rushing.  236.   And the lack of will to put your best cb on their best wr because ‘the system’   Made Irving look like Barry Sanders out there 

i woukd not cry if Evero leaves and takes his 3 4 with him 

yep,  Canales is playing like Bryce and company got some vintage John Fox D to play complimentary ball with.   

[SCO96]

1 hour ago, raleigh-panther said:

Particularly with a defense that is a sieve 

236 yards rushing.  236.   And the lack of will to put your best cb on their best wr because ‘the system’   Made Irving look like Barry Sanders out there 

i woukd not cry if Evero leaves and takes his 3 4 with him 

I would also like to go to a 4-3 Defense. But, we've been running a 3-4  for years. I recall Ron Rivera running a 4-3 every year thru 2018, Tepper's first year of ownership. The next year we switched to a 3-4. I seem recall reading that Tepper "encouraged" the change in the defensive alignment. We've run that 3-4 ever since.

[jtm]

Canales is a good coach.  Pinero and Hubbard lost this game.