Shula promoted to OC

[pantherclaw]

I don't listen to players when it come to coaches. Emotions are involved

A guy might be likeable, but that doesn't mean he's the person to lead the team

yeah....cause Steve smith has emotions involved over a coach who didn't even coach him.

Lol

The shut yall come up with.

[beastson]

yeah....cause Steve smith has emotions involved over a coach who didn't even coach him.

Lol

The shut yall come up with.

Dude what... he's on the offensive side. They're all a unit together. I'm sure Steve is oblivious to who Shula is smh

[pantherclaw]

It's obvious that most of you just give a such about being rational.

No use even trying to have a conversation.

[Ruff]

#KevinSumlin2014

[carolina-chuck]

I wouldve love to have Hue, but I'm really am fine with this. We'll have a more balance offense. That's all I'm really asking. I dont no how it'll work but we'll find out soon.

[MadHatter]

Why would anyone think he'd run the se offense he did in Tampa in the 90s.

That fricking ignorant.

Exactly. He had Trent Dilfer at QB for Christ sake.

May be a mistake...may be the right move...will wait to see what happens.

Or, I could just over react and lose my freakin mind now like many of you.

[Zod]

Whats ignorant is not understanding that he failed at play calling twice. He had been hired twice to call plays, and he failed every time.

No one is thinking he will use the Tampa playbook.

[Zod]

Exactly. He had Trent Dilfer at QB for Christ sake.

The Trent Dilfer that went to a pro bowl in 97 and won a Superbowl in Baltimore?

Ever stop to think Shula wasn't exactly a positive thing for Dilfer?

[TheRumGone]

The Trent Dilfer that went to a pro bowl in 97 and won a Superbowl in Baltimore?

Ever stop to think Shula wasn't exactly a positive thing for Dilfer?

Dilfer is the only QB in NFL history to be cut the season after winning the superbowl.

[MHS831]

I think Shawn King was the QB in 1999.

[Zod]

Dilfer is the only QB in NFL history to be cut the season after winning the superbowl.

He should have stuck with Shula. He would have tons of Superbowls and not just 1. Right?

[MHS831]

His play calling scares me. I hope his philosophy has changed. He was in his mid-thirties then, and now pushing 50. Maybe Gettlemen and RR addressed this in the interview and liked what they heard. I want to believe that. He was operating under a pretty smart head coach at the time, one who needed new scenery and a good QB to win a super bowl.

[Sloth]

So for anyone interested:

http://www.pro-footb...ms/tam/1996.htm

Shula was with Tampa as OC from 1996 to 1999. While he was there, his offenses ranked:

1996 - 30th Pts/28th Yds

1997 - 23rd Pts/29th Yds

1998 - 18th Pts/22nd Yds

1999 - 27th Pts/28th Yds

Shula was fired in 1999. His replacement, the legendary Les Steckel came in under the same conservative HC to post:

2000 - 6th Pts/21st Yds. With Shaun King.

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Shula went on to become the HC at Alabama for four years.

http://www.sports-re...abama/2003.html

His team records at Bama:

2003 - 4-9

2004 - 6-6

2005 - 10-2, won the Cotton Bowl

2006 - 6-7

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Shula was hired as the QB coach in Jacksonville in 2007, a position he kept until we came knocking in 2011. In 2013, he was promoted to OC so that a perennially losing team could have "continuity".

Seems like a solid hire.

[Sloth]

I think Shawn King was the QB in 1999.

It was Dilfer