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If Mularky's hired will Buffalo know our "O"

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My questions: If we do in fact hire MM to run our offense, do you guys think we'll keep the terminology, adjustments, check-off, audibles etc. installed with Linehan (for continuity) or do you think we'll switch to the terminology and adjustments etc. MM has used in Buffalo? Or will it be a combination so as to maintain stability and yet gradually replace these things with what the OC is most comfortable with?
And lastly what effect would your answer have on whether Buffalo's D, or other AFC east teams recognize the check-offs, audibles, alignment tendencies etc.?
 
I think it'll be an advantage for us because he knows that team very well. It'll be helpful going against their tough D'.
 
Never say die said:
My questions: If we do in fact hire MM to run our offense, do you guys think we'll keep the terminology, adjustments, check-off, audibles etc. installed with Linehan (for continuity) or do you think we'll switch to the terminology and adjustments etc. MM has used in Buffalo? Or will it be a combination so as to maintain stability and yet gradually replace these things with what the OC is most comfortable with?
And lastly what effect would your answer have on whether Buffalo's D, or other AFC east teams recognize the check-offs, audibles, alignment tendencies etc.?
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Now, why do some of you think Nick Saban would bring in an accomplished offensive coordinator and tell him that he will have to keep the terminology, adjustments, check downs, and audibles that was installed by the previous offensive coordinator with a system that the new coordinator has never coached in?

This is a rhetorical question. Of course Mularkey is going to be running HIS offense with HIS terminology.
 
Why does it not make sense to coach the coach to sorta bridge the gap of the learning curve for both the offensive players and the new individual coach? The philosophy of say: Run first and implement a quick strike vertical passing scheme wouldn't change. Do you think an 8th offense since '97 should be installed whole scale at the expense of the stabilty and continuity the team finally exhibited albeit a bit too late?, Don't you think for the sake of keeping the other AFC east teams guessing that it makes better sense to have the OC implement gradually his terminology etc. while utilizing what they became most comfortable with this season?
Does it make you at all nervous that we could expect a slow start to the season as the offense learns this 8th new version? Afterall how difficult would it be for one man to adapt compared to the whole offense. And even then I'm suggesting a sort of "meeting in the middle", so as to make the switch less abrupt and the learning curve less steep. Remember, I'm not suggesting scheme change; as I think that is the appeal of MM. I'm suggesting that the OC modify his terminolgy to better match what the "O" has finally grasped, thereby keeping the bills and others more off guard.
 
KB21 said:
Now, why do some of you think Nick Saban would bring in an accomplished offensive coordinator and tell him that he will have to keep the terminology, adjustments, check downs, and audibles that was installed by the previous offensive coordinator with a system that the new coordinator has never coached in?

This is a rhetorical question. Of course Mularkey is going to be running HIS offense with HIS terminology.
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I seriously hope you are wrong Keith. I know the odds of me being correct are slim and skinnier but Saban would be the one to break the mold. It would save tons of relearning.
 
Killer_Dolphins said:
I think it'll be an advantage for us because he knows that team very well. It'll be helpful going against their tough D'.
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I suppose that could be the case. The question could become though: Would this same tough defense be enabled even further by its' recognizing the same tendencies, check-offs, audibles, personel packages etc. that they saw every day in practice?
 
I don't think there would be that much advantage to Buffalo. Our position coaches obviously teach some different techniques than theirs, and our offense's talent level FAR exceeds what they've got. Except perhaps at quarterback, which we'll fix far before they do.
 
sixersphanatic3 said:
saban and mularkey will change it around
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Given. But whole scale to MM's "way", or a hybrid of what we now have with gradual implementation to MM's , (so as to promote continuity and keep Buffalo and other's guessing ); is the question.
 
I would hope that Saban has been developing our own (his own) system independent of, but influenced by the coordinator responsable for managing it.

In business, when an organization hires a vice-president in charge of some internal system, rarely would it be best to completely gut the existing working system simply because of the management change. The goal should be to develop systems that are stable, robust and flexible that can survive and be useful as personnel and management change.
 
I cant imagine that enough things wont change to mask or mix up the calls. I agree that I would hope Saban has his own style to assist in merging what Linehan did, and what perhaps MM does.

Honestly, this stuff is the least of my worries. Meaning, two games against Buffalo does not overcome the other 14 games and how nice this hire could be for providing a solid offensive system to continue where we left off this year.

Whatever OC Saban tabs will be fortunate to enter this organization.
 
Im sure the system will change enough as not to be recognizable by the Jills. What will help us is MM's knowledge of players. ie: "Run this play because Lawyer Milloy bit on it every time in practice." or "Have Brown sell the counterstep on this play because Spikes aggressiveness will make him move out of position, and we'll be able to slip a guard out there on him as he recovers.
 
NO! They didnt even know mularkey's offense when he gave them the book...

Losman:"Hey guys lets cut class and smoke behind the gym"!
Sam Adams: "Anybody have a chicken?...I'm hungry"
Eric Moulds: "Hey! lets go throw Ice at Roscoe, he's scared of the cold!"
 
Only if they keep any of their assistants, though the players might know a little bit too. But Mularkey was their head coach, he was the big man, if anything, he'll know them better than they know him.
 
So... it appears there's a contingency that believes the offense will be changed whole scale.....does this bode well for our offense to learn yet another offense. Why does it not seem advantageous to maintain a philosophy (call it the Saban way) and yet ask the OC to make the adjustments in the incidentals to better blend with the prevailing understanding of the offense? Afterall it is done, I believe.....isn't this what Pittsburgh has been doing with their run first mentality even after the OC changes they,ve went through. And I would think Cowher's a defensive man first who would allow just as much autonomy to the OC position as Saban would.
 
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