JTech194
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Despite this team being in the same position (7-9,8-8, 9-7) as the last 3 years, I actually think we're headed in the right direction and here's why. The last several years I went into each game thinking we could lose any one of them. We often times lost to teams we were supposed to be better than, and usually lost to teams that were clearly better than us. This year (Oakland, Jets Chicago, etc..) And we actually beat a couple of teams that were supposed to be better than us (Chargers, Pats) At this point I think we can actually play with anybody, although I don't think we have what it takes yet to actually beat the good playoff caliber teams. I think a lot of the issues we have with coaching is stemming from our personnel limitations.
1. I think our offense is dink and dunk because our coaches don't trust the line to block long enough for it to be anything else.
A. Hickey has found solid tackles, now he needs another off season to find starting caliber guards
2. Philbin gets queasy.. I think philbin gets queasy because this team has show a propensity to screw up in tight situations. How many close games over the past couple of years were we able to close out either offensively of defensively? I can recall the bengals game last year and the jets game this year. Both defensive stops. When was the last time the offense drove the ball the distance of the field to score the winning TD or FG? Maybe twice?
A. A better offensive line will help the offense perform better in crunch time when we either have to throw the ball to score of run the ball to kill the clock.
B. Many of the games we've lost in the last seconds this year were because defensively teams exploited the middle of the field throwing crossing routes and routes over the middle. Hickey needs another offseason to rid this team of Phillip Wheeler, Get Jordan to play LB. Move Misi Back to OLB and Find a stud MLB. I think this will help improve those late game breakdowns.
C. Sticking with Dallas Thomas. My only guess here is that they don't feel the other options on the roster would be any better. Benton is touted as one of the better oline coaches in the league, so I'll have to trust his judgment. If it's Philbins call..... then I'd question it.
D. Philbin is not a good motivator. This is true. But I'm not sure how much stock I put in being a motivator. Verbal motivation might be relevent for the first few minutes of a game but, if the talent on the other side is better no amount of motivation will compensate for that. Also, I think good players are motivated by Money and\or wanting to be great. Not by some coach giving rah rah speeches. Moreno, Landry, are two guys that come to mind that seem like they're motivated regardless of the head coach's ability to motivational speak. We need more of these types of players.
I think a head coach's motivational value comes in his plan on how he prepares players to get better. For example, everybody here hates Saban, but Jason Taylor who everybody here loves, Loves Saban. Why? Because he feels that by making him stand up, Saban made him a better player. And if a player things that the coach has ideas that will make them a better player.. they will run through a wall for that coach. If philbin cant do this, he needs assistant coaches that can.
D. Poor use of timeouts. ................... I got's nothin. He's still learning
The moral of this long winded story is that... I think we should give hickey one more season with this coaching staff to acquire more talent. Bringing in a new coaching staff will actually set us back several years.
1. I think our offense is dink and dunk because our coaches don't trust the line to block long enough for it to be anything else.
A. Hickey has found solid tackles, now he needs another off season to find starting caliber guards
2. Philbin gets queasy.. I think philbin gets queasy because this team has show a propensity to screw up in tight situations. How many close games over the past couple of years were we able to close out either offensively of defensively? I can recall the bengals game last year and the jets game this year. Both defensive stops. When was the last time the offense drove the ball the distance of the field to score the winning TD or FG? Maybe twice?
A. A better offensive line will help the offense perform better in crunch time when we either have to throw the ball to score of run the ball to kill the clock.
B. Many of the games we've lost in the last seconds this year were because defensively teams exploited the middle of the field throwing crossing routes and routes over the middle. Hickey needs another offseason to rid this team of Phillip Wheeler, Get Jordan to play LB. Move Misi Back to OLB and Find a stud MLB. I think this will help improve those late game breakdowns.
C. Sticking with Dallas Thomas. My only guess here is that they don't feel the other options on the roster would be any better. Benton is touted as one of the better oline coaches in the league, so I'll have to trust his judgment. If it's Philbins call..... then I'd question it.
D. Philbin is not a good motivator. This is true. But I'm not sure how much stock I put in being a motivator. Verbal motivation might be relevent for the first few minutes of a game but, if the talent on the other side is better no amount of motivation will compensate for that. Also, I think good players are motivated by Money and\or wanting to be great. Not by some coach giving rah rah speeches. Moreno, Landry, are two guys that come to mind that seem like they're motivated regardless of the head coach's ability to motivational speak. We need more of these types of players.
I think a head coach's motivational value comes in his plan on how he prepares players to get better. For example, everybody here hates Saban, but Jason Taylor who everybody here loves, Loves Saban. Why? Because he feels that by making him stand up, Saban made him a better player. And if a player things that the coach has ideas that will make them a better player.. they will run through a wall for that coach. If philbin cant do this, he needs assistant coaches that can.
D. Poor use of timeouts. ................... I got's nothin. He's still learning
The moral of this long winded story is that... I think we should give hickey one more season with this coaching staff to acquire more talent. Bringing in a new coaching staff will actually set us back several years.
