Agreed. That was my point about Coach Flo bringing it from New England. Coach Flo should have known that before, and since the defense stunk and the offense was the best part of the team in year 1, it kinda made no sense he would fire the OC. It appears Ross may have told him we cannot accept this, so someone needs to be let go, and the OC was the scape goat. But, if we do this again, we dang sure need to learn our lesson and NOT make the same stupid mistake again by asking players who are not willing to put in the grind and mental work to memorize this stuff to badly execute it. Either do not add this layer of complexity, or get players who can execute it. Making the same mistake twice in such a short amount of time would be ludicrous.Agree with that, but a comment. Any HC/OC who want a complex O better accept year 1 won't be pretty, for the reasons you mention. Accept the player mistakes. Accept the 'slow' play until the plays become automatic. The only other option is to put in the basics of the system along with a little complexity and add complexity next season. I don't want the most complex O in the NFL, but 'no complexity' is far worse
Fortunately, I think Grier has a good handle on what the players on the roster can and will do. If they can't learn the complexity or aren't willing to put in the extra time to master it, then surely he will not make the same mistake twice. Fingers crossed.