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Y;know, I'm sure this will bring me heat, but, I don't care.

Those play calls, though, awful, are a systemic issue, not his fault alone.
Our oline cannot knock people off the ball. They can't. They just can't. If RB was being met two deep in the backfield and, being knocked down you guys would be screaming out..."Spread the field! It's not working!" and various other nonsense. Mularkey knows our oline stinks, and, is calling plays to get people in space, or to create space, like trick plays. He's not doing a bad job.

What plays would you offenseive masterminds call?

*Spare me the halfback option...That was a bad call, but, he's outthinking himself now, because we CAN'T run the ball."
 
We cant run the ball??????? BULL----! Ronnie averaged 4.1 a freakin today!!!
 
unifiedtheory said:
EXACTLY!

We CAN run the ball....Mularkey just DOES'NT do it...
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AGREED! I seriously believe that the single biggest problem right now is Mularkey! And I absolutely blame Saban for not fixing it. Since you can't get rid of anyone at this point in the season, and expect the season to improve, I would expect Saban to become more involved in the Offense and mandate that Mularkey 1) cut out the Bull**** trick plays until he can create an effective conventional run/pass game, 2) call more plays designed to slow down the opposing D and help the line, like screens, and maybe roll him out every once in a while, 3) Ram Ronnie Brown down the D's throat early and often, and 4) throw the deep ball a few times a quarter. I know the "it's not there" excuse but dammit, SOMETHING is ALWAYS there. It is about calling the right plays at the right time. The line wasn't a lot better last year. Opposing Ds just knew that Linehan would make 'em pay for being too aggressive. I don't buy that "the game is being called correctly but the players are not executing" garbage. I've seen PopWarner coaches call a better offensive game. And when the game is on the line, don't get cute. Go with the high percentage play. The fade to Chambers would be my pick.
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unifiedtheory said:
EXACTLY!

We CAN run the ball....Mularkey just DOES'NT do it...
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You can't be serious....Ok..Lets line up in an I and just cram it down thier throats next game.....That will be hilarious to watch on this board, especially after all the "Spread the field" threads last week.:rolleyes:
 
GoonBoss said:
Awright man. If we're playing strat-o-matic football, we definitly rule.

C'mon.
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Are you serious? I dont mean to slam you... but we didnt run the ball period, and we were doing just fine at it. We didnt even freakin try. And when we did run, we run out of the shotgun?!?! How about giving Ronnie a lead blocker? Na...
 
GoonBoss said:
Y;know, I'm sure this will bring me heat, but, I don't care.

Those play calls, though, awful, are a systemic issue, not his fault alone.
Our oline cannot knock people off the ball. They can't. They just can't. If RB was being met two deep in the backfield and, being knocked down you guys would be screaming out..."Spread the field! It's not working!" and various other nonsense. Mularkey knows our oline stinks, and, is calling plays to get people in space, or to create space, like trick plays. He's not doing a bad job.

What plays would you offenseive masterminds call?

*Spare me the halfback option...That was a bad call, but, he's outthinking himself now, because we CAN'T run the ball."
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I know what you are saying. Agreed the O-line can not get any push off the line. Worse they are not giving Daunte a chance as DL are always in his face or around him. And, yes this forces Mularkey to have to think out of the box. But, the playcalling could be better.

RB did not do a bad job in spite of the OL. Any back in our offense is going to have to soak up the punishment and run over people or be as elusive as possible and get yards on their own due to the play of the OL. What some folks are alluding to is also where draws may work to catch the D off balance. And there could be more screens to RB.

Passing plays need to be designed to take advantage of Chamber's speed and size. Some of the vertical stuff we saw last year when Linehan's (may I dare to drop his name!) was here would help. Eventhough our pass protection stinks Mularkey and company need to give Daunte the benefit of the doubt and let him go deep. By the way C-Pep showed some escapability today dodging out of the way of defenders and prevented a couple of sacks with his feet.

There may be other things he could do better that I could be added by other posters. I am in no way an coach of any means but just sharing some insight in that eventhough Mularkey has to take into account our OL's ineptitude the play calling could be much better.
 
GoonBoss said:
You can't be serious....Ok..Lets line up in an I and just cram it down thier throats next game.....That will be hilarious to watch on this board, especially after all the "Spread the field" threads last week.:rolleyes:
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We passed 24 times and ran 12 times through 3 quarters of football, in a tight football game, against a football team that was giving up 163 yards a game rushing. When a team is giving up 163 yards rushing a game, lining up in the I-formation and jamming it down their throats every down is EXACTLY what you do.

Not running it against a team that can't stop the run tells me what EVERYONE said about Mike Mularkey was true, even though I was in denial about it. He is not and has never been committed to STAYING with the run.

Running the football is about attitude. It is tough sometimes. It can be frustrating. That being said, lining up to throw it every 2nd down is simply not winning football in my opinion.

Whenever games are tight Mularkey first reaction is to pass, pass, pass.
 
FinNasty said:
Are you serious? I dont mean to slam you... but we didnt run the ball period, and we were doing just fine at it. We didnt even freakin try. And when we did run, we run out of the shotgun?!?! How about giving Ronnie a lead blocker? Na...
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It's cool man...I'm a big boy.

I watched the game from about midway through the first, and, it was clear the one thing we could HALFWAY do was pass protect. RB did a great job pass blocking. He stepped up and picked up his guy very well. I saw more than a few sprint-type plays designed (IMO) for Ronnie to get him in space, where he excells.

We all have our opinions..I'm not like, and, NFL HC, but, I don't see playcalling as our biggest issue..The Oline is dictating the play calling IMO.
 
I guess we were right about Bennie the Penalty AND Mularkey.
 
unifiedtheory said:
We passed 24 times and ran 12 times through 3 quarters of football, in a tight football game, against a football team that was giving up 163 yards a game rushing. When a team is giving up 163 yards rushing a game, lining up in the I-formation and jamming it down their throats every down is EXACTLY what you do.

Not running it against a team that can't stop the run tells me what EVERYONE said about Mike Mularkey was true, even though I was in denial about it. He is not and has never been committed to STAYING with the run.

Running the football is about attitude. It is tough sometimes. It can be frustrating. That being said, lining up to throw it every 2nd down is simply not winning football in my opinion.

Whenever games are tight Mularkey first reaction is to pass, pass, pass.
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i agree 100% with this
 
unifiedtheory said:
We passed 24 times and ran 12 times through 3 quarters of football, in a tight football game, against a football team that was giving up 163 yards a game rushing. When a team is giving up 163 yards rushing a game, lining up in the I-formation and jamming it down their throats every down is EXACTLY what you do.

Not running it against a team that can't stop the run tells me what EVERYONE said about Mike Mularkey was true, even though I was in denial about it. He is not and has never been committed to STAYING with the run.

Running the football is about attitude. It is tough sometimes. It can be frustrating. That being said, lining up to throw it every 2nd down is simply not winning football in my opinion.

Whenever games are tight Mularkey first reaction is to pass, pass, pass.
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I accept that I may be wrong but at this point from what I've seen from this OL, we simply lack the will/ability/desire to impose will. When you can't do that, you may as well try to circumvent the weakness. Mularkey is trying to attack the edges, and, I understand that thinking. We simply cannot sustain the run. I'm not an NFL OC for a reason......But, dang....Do you think that collection of stiffs is actually going to start effective run blocking all of a sudden?!
 
Crisis said:
I guess we were right about Bennie the Penalty AND Mularkey.
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yes you were...
 
Crisis said:
I guess we were right about Bennie the Penalty AND Mularkey.
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Damn right you were...

How the hell did you put up with Mularkey for as long as you did? It's been 4 weeks and I'm ready to take a header off my balcony.
 
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