80/20 pass/run ratio in the freezing rain

[Sirspud]

You see plenty of things that you think are fireable. Well last week's game really was. We were undefeated in the second half of the year except when we played in the freezing rain, averaged 7 yards a carry, yet ran it roughly 10 times and passed it for 40 when our QB couldn't even grip the ball. Blame the qb, but the HC was responsible for reacting to situations and acting accordingly.

Throwing the ball 80 percent of the time in the cold rain wasn't just a single momentary decision that backfired. It was repeating a bad decision over the course of 3 hours that anyone who has been in football could tell wasn't the logical course.

So much wrong with thus coaching tenure that doesn't show in the record. But there probably was a lot of doubt for Ross that he should fire Flores until the team's playoff chances ended with a game whose loss could clearly be tied to coaching ineptitude.

 

[dreamblk]

Anybody who watch the Dolphins this year know it was the coaching not the players or QB.

 

[Orange Fin Bad]

Agree that we should have ran the ball a lot more in that game. But, reality is we just aren't on that top level yet. We got crushed by the division champs we faced this year; Buffalo x2, Tennessee, and Tampa Bay. We were totally dominated in these games.

Our wins came against teams playing with absolutely awful QBs and Mac Jones twice. Jones was the only decent QB we defeated. Any other team with a decent or good QB beat us. This team still has a long way to go for it to match up with the top teams. We have to get better on offense, especially up front.

 

[Sirspud]

Agree that we should have ran the ball a lot more in that game. But, reality is we just aren't on that top level yet. We got crushed by the division champs we faced this year; Buffalo x2, Tennessee, and Tampa Bay. We were totally dominated in these games.

Our wins came against teams playing with absolutely awful QBs and Mac Jones twice. Jones was the only decent QB we defeated. Any other team with a decent or good QB beat us. This team still has a long way to go for it to match up with the top teams. We have to get better on offense, especially up front.

The thing with the Flores blueprint is it was a way to beat a lot of bad or mediocre teams but not the good ones. It only takes a bit of staying out of your own way in letting bad teams beat themselves. But there wasn't the level of play on offense or defense to stand up against the best in the league. And the team is no better equipped to do that than it was in 2019. So losing against division winners is no coincidence.

 

[tommyp]

any old guys like me remember what Bum Phillips, coach of the oilers, said about Don Shula.

He basically said Shula could take his team (shula's) and beat Phillips team

then he could take the oilers squad and beat the dolphins.

Shula puts his players in position to succeed. unfortunately, Flores and his OC's couldn't do that

 

[Geordie]

We've gone into some games with baffling game plans. The Titans one is a prime example of WTF are you thinking of.

 

[superphin]

any old guys like me remember what Bum Phillips, coach of the oilers, said about Don Shula.

He basically said Shula could take his team (shula's) and beat Phillips team

then he could take the oilers squad and beat the dolphins.

Shula puts his players in position to succeed. unfortunately, Flores and his OC's couldn't do that

He can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can turn around and take your'n and beat his'n

 

[tommyp]

He can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can turn around and take your'n and beat his'n

yes

 

[Sirspud]

He can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can turn around and take your'n and beat his'n

We used to turn that quote backwards for Philbin and it was true.

 

[C l u t c H 385]

any old guys like me remember what Bum Phillips, coach of the oilers, said about Don Shula.

He basically said Shula could take his team (shula's) and beat Phillips team

then he could take the oilers squad and beat the dolphins.

Shula puts his players in position to succeed. unfortunately, Flores and his OC's couldn't do that

Old people say a lot of stupid things

 

[Delvin]

Ignoring the part where in RPO offense, the QB makes the decision whether to pass or run.

 

[tommyp]

Old people say a lot of stupid things

not me, just wisdom.... lol

 

[PhinFan1968]

The thing with the Flores blueprint is it was a way to beat a lot of bad or mediocre teams but not the good ones. It only takes a bit of staying out of your own way in letting bad teams beat themselves. But there wasn't the level of play on offense or defense to stand up against the best in the league. And the team is no better equipped to do that than it was in 2019. So losing against division winners is no coincidence.

Truth…5-13 against playoff teams during his tenure…NE accounting for 3 of those 5…a team he’s intimately familiar with…and 2 of those 3 games were arguably won by X lol.

 

[PhinFan1968]

Ignoring the part where in RPO offense, the QB makes the decision whether to pass or run.

Ignoring the part where it’s the coaches job to say what happens regardless.

 

[Delvin]

Ignoring the part where it’s the coaches job to say what happens regardless.

I mean it's an RPO offensive system. This was a tailor made offensive scheme for Tua w/ his own QB whisperer. Can't just change entire schemes on the fly.