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mediocrity sucks
dtanThe ultimate danger is hiring a cupcake coach who thinks he can use empty sets and throw 40+ times per game with a mediocre or worse quarterback. And those types are increasingly available, in an era that somehow tags Mike Leach a genius.
If we stumble upon a freak quarterback, don't worry, we'll wing it. Under these rules and application of them, you'd be shown the door within days if you didn't abuse the pass with that type of weapon.
As a gambler I'm partial to upside. McCoy has it. I thought some of his schemes were brilliant, particularly against Pittsburgh when Polamalu was all but fooled and nullified on several vital plays. Polamalu has made a career out of overplaying short crossing routes, blowing them up and causing turnovers. McCoy used combination routes he hadn't shown all year to get Polamalu to bite and overreact, leaving him stuck tight to the line of scrimmage while Thomas burned Taylor downfield.
He doesn't abuse screen passes, which is another trait I love. Fans salivate over screen passes but if you chart plays you'll quickly detect how worthless they are, particularly on third down.
Like everything else, a great quarterback can make screen passes work. The rest of the league calls them far too often. Top defenses don't allow catch and run for vital first downs. McCoy's receivers are beyond the marker.
And he apparently understands that a heavy dose of runs is preferable to flimsy short passes. I'd love to sign up for 480 rushes right now.
If McCoy gets the job, the early press conferences should be very telling. Saban immediately impressed as a jerk who was offended that the media was allowed in the same room. Cameron was a puddle. Sparano was a comparative relief as a solid normal guy but it was quickly evident he was anything but brilliant, hardly ideal when asked to tackle Brady/Belichick twice per year.
Sigh. My long held opinion is the franchise is wading through the midsection of a 50 year period when not much can go right as long as well call that sterile stadium our home. It is a glorified neutral site, by every definition or evaluation. The fact that we insist in dumping additional mega millions into it instead of leveling it shouts to the overmatched ignorance of everyone involved at highest level.
So while I doubt that Ross, as a Sun Lifer -- not unlike Beta III inhabitants, of the body of Landru -- can snap out of it long enough to identify an enlightened coach or general manager, McCoy offers more hope than most, although distant historians will note McCoy was once of the body himself, friend.
Zolpidem kicking in.
That same cupcake coach understands that mediocre bums like Matt Moore won't do. Mike McCoy? Count on the same run first, abandoning the QB position, mediocre results we've come to expect from this franchise.
