Mularkey, an article about your new offensive CoOrdinator

[DaBills4life]

Good Luck.

"The red-zone problems are no surprise when you consider that Hines Ward and/or Plaxico Burress often ride the bench in red-zone situations. During one red-zone sequence this past Sunday, Ward and Burress sat while the Steelers threw consecutive incompletions to Mark Bruener and Dan Krieder"

"If the Steelers feel the need to find a scapegoat after their ongoing disaster of a season is finished, it should be offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey. He is, indeed, the weakest link."

"It was typical wicky-wacky Mularkey. They expect us to do this. So we'll do that. Mularkey plays away from his team's strengths in order to deceive the opposition."

"If anyone takes the fall for the Steelers' failure, it should be Mularkey. If the Steelers (and Mularkey) are lucky, maybe he'll get hired as head coach somewhere else. If not, ditch Mularkey and bring in a run-first coordinator who will execute the head coach's vision."


http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03351/252358.stm

 

[DaBills4life]

This was my post about Mularkey in another thread.


He says our identity is running football, but Eric Moulds got suspended because he says this offense has no identity.

Moulds spoke the truth and got punished for it. He likes to trick defenses too much.

For example, He told Eric Moulds he wouldnt be the go to guy against Miami because he always has good games against Miami and they will be focused on stopping him.

So, Mularkey does the defenses job by taking our go to guy out of the offense before the game even starts. Thats just one example of his horrible game plans.

He didnt use Henry and McGahee well at all. He only used one guy, while the other one would come in for a play or 2. One game, Henry had all the carries and Mcgahee just watched the whole game, for no reason at all.

Lets not forget, he takes McGahee out on 3rd downs for Shaud Williams. Williams doesnt do anything when he comes in the game. We didnt pass to him,there were no plays designed for the quicker Williams, we just brought him in just to trick defenses., didnt work and McGahee would just be watching.

Trick plays, I wont even get into those. He loves them.

People talk about his days with the Steelers. Well, when we hired him, Steeler fans thanked us and laughed at us. We came back with his stats in 01 and 02, they said he changed our style.

The Steelers started as a running football team under MM, but slowly, Mularkey changed the mentality of the Steelers offense to where they were a passing team. In 2003, Steeler fans got sick of it and Bill Cowher was looking for Mularkey's replacement, but we hired Mularkey before he was fired, basically because of Donahoes relationship with him.

Also, Mularkey was the offensive CoOrdinator/Head coach in buffalo. He didnt do anything except deal with the offense. Jerry Gray had total control of the defense, Arpil had the special teams, and Mularkey had the offense.

His offenses are very predictable, even though he tries to trick defenses. Defenses we play say they know whats comming. I got sick and tired of hearing defenses say that after games.

He is a good guy, but if you put the offense in his hands, I wouldnt trust him.

 

[dm416]

Is this article recent?

 

[Dolfan1000]

Well at least you arent bitter.

Enjoy Dick Jauron!

Mularkey probably wont even have to gameplan to beat a Jauron coached team.

 

[DaBills4life]

Is this article recent?

No, its one a Steeler fan gave me when we hired Mularkey.

I dont know why any Dolphin fan would say we are just bitter or we just dont like the Fins, we have been saying this stuff about him for a long time, even last year during our win streak.

The guy has no clue what he is doing. He takes Moulds and Evans out in critical times during a football game to try and confuse defenses.

 

[Dolfan1000]

No, its one a Steeler fan gave me when we hired Mularkey.

I dont know why any Dolphin fan would say we are just bitter or we just dont like the Fins, we have been saying this stuff about him for a long time, even last year during our win streak.

The guy has no clue what he is doing. He takes Moulds and Evans out in critical times during a football game to try and confuse defenses.

Good thing he will be working UNDER a top head coach, in Nick Saban.

And I would LOVE for you to pull out evidence that after your 9-7 season, you were saying Mularkey didnt know what he was doing. Cough Cough BS!

 

[Prime]

He does have some concerns, but who doesn't? I have full faith in what Saban is doing and Saban will be keeping his eye on Mularkey just like he did with Leinhan. Believe me though man, Saban won't let Mularkey take out our key players when it matters the most in a game.

 

[fins1]

The guy has no clue what he is doing. He takes Moulds and Evans out in critical times during a football game to try and confuse defenses.

I'm sure Saban would'nt let that happen. Just like he brought Linehan down to the sidelines when he did'nt like his play calling.

 

[DaBills4life]

Good thing he will be working UNDER a top head coach, in Nick Saban.

And I would LOVE for you to pull out evidence that after your 9-7 season, you were saying Mularkey didnt know what he was doing. Cough Cough BS!

Ide be more afraid of Bill Cowher.

Cowher does let his people do their thing though, maybe Saban likes to micro manage his team, so maybe he can control him, but, Mualrkey does not create good schemes.

He likes to pass the football and just do weird things with his best players. I would say he likes to pass early, get a lead, and then run, but not last year, which was evident in your comeback game.

Ide be thrilled if you gusy get him, but if I was a Dolphin fan, I would think about comments like "He has Saban", and say why are we hiring a guy that needs a babysitter?

 

[Commissioner]

Good thing he will be working UNDER a top head coach, in Nick Saban.

And I would LOVE for you to pull out evidence that after your 9-7 season, you were saying Mularkey didnt know what he was doing. Cough Cough BS!

Our 9-7 season ended because we lost to the Steelers 2nd and 3rd stringers.


Mularkey said after the game that we should of went for a 4th and 1, when we had momentum.

Willis McGahee was gashing the steelers in the beginning of the game. But for some unknown reason... Mularkey hardly went to him the rest of the game.

 

[Dolfan1000]

Ide be more afraid of Bill Cowher.

Cowher does let his people do their thing though, maybe Saban likes to micro manage his team, so maybe he can control him, but, Mualrkey does not create good schemes.

He likes to pass the football. I would say he likes to pass early, get a lead, and then run, but not last year, which was evident in your comeback game.

Ide be thrilled if you gusy get him, but if I was a Dolphin fan, I would think about comments like "He has Saban", and say why are we hiring a guy that needs a babysitter?

1. Its not a matter of fear, its a matter of respect.

2. Saban does not micro manage, but when he didnt like Linehan's playcalling, he brought him down to the sidelines and things improved tremendously. Was he interfering more? Did he just insist on running more? Who knows? But it worked. If things are going well, he will let the coordinator do his thing.

3. Again, if we arent winning, Nick will make the change he feels necessary.

4. Babysitter? Hardly. But a proven winner and motivator who commands the respect of his players and coaches. Sorry, you're right, he is no DICK JAURON! :sidelol:

 

[Commissioner]

1. Its not a matter of fear, its a matter of respect.

2. Saban does not micro manage, but when he didnt like Linehan's playcalling, he brought him down to the sidelines and things improved tremendously. Was he interfering more? Did he just insist on running more? Who knows? But it worked. If things are going well, he will let the coordinator do his thing.

3. Again, if we arent winning, Nick will make the change he feels necessary.

4. Babysitter? Hardly. But a proven winner and motivator who commands the respect of his players and coaches. Sorry, you're right, he is no DICK JAURON! :sidelol:

Why do you keeps saying Dick Jauron? We haven't hired him and won't hire him. The owner likes Mike Sherman.

 

[DaBills4life]

1. Its not a matter of fear, its a matter of respect.

2. Saban does not micro manage, but when he didnt like Linehan's playcalling, he brought him down to the sidelines and things improved tremendously. Was he interfering more? Did he just insist on running more? Who knows? But it worked. If things are going well, he will let the coordinator do his thing.

3. Again, if we arent winning, Nick will make the change he feels necessary.

4. Babysitter? Hardly. But a proven winner and motivator who commands the respect of his players and coaches. Sorry, you're right, he is no DICK JAURON! :sidelol:

Dick Jauron is a very respeced coach, but from what Im hearing its Mike Sherman and Jim Bates comming to Buffalo, atleast the report from the Packers today says so.

 

[KB21]

Here are facts:

In 2001, Mularkey's offense in Pittsburgh rated 7th in points scored and 3rd in total offense. In 2002, his offense rated 8th in points scored and 4th in total yards. The Steelers' rushing game was very strong in both of these seasons. Plus, in 2001, Mularkey coached Kordell Stewart to a Pro Bowl season, one in which Kordell threw for over 3,000 yards while completing 60% of his passes while also running for nearly 600 yards.

The 2003 season was an anomoly in the trend, as the Steelers had a rash of injuries along their offensive line. The Steelers ran for only 3.3 yards per rush as a team that season, and the offensive rankings dropped to 19th in points scored and 22nd in total yards.

Mularkey went to Buffalo and took over a team that ranked 31st in scoring and 29th in yards. In 2004, under Mike Mularkey, Buffalo improved to the 7th best scoring offense in the league while improving to 24th in yards. Those numbers fell off this past season with an overmatched rookie quarterback and the worst offensive line in the NFL.

 

[Disgustipate]

Playcalling tendancies are easily changed by the head coach. Trick plays are not a real big issue. His offensive philsophy, play diagrams, and work with individual players is the important thing. That's what he excels at.


Btw, I dont see the ridiculous amount of trick plays that the Bills called. In 2005, we've got 1 Roscoe Parrish pass attempt and 7 WR rush attempts. Small potatos. In 2004, you had 0 non-QB offensive players attempting a pass, and 14 WR rush attempts.

By comparison, Chris Chambers had 12 rushes this year, and Wes Welker had one more. Marty Booker attempted one pass.

Hardly a big change.