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Originally Posted by Daseal
Redskins P: I'm being a cock because we zone blocked last year, it worked, and we abandoned it. Gibbs still has to prove he can coach in this era, can he do it, I think so. He's a great coach, it just may be time to bring in an offensive mind because his offense isn't doing anything. I'd also like to point to the fact that even with crazy schemes such as Chad Morton on Strahan as you suggested, still put up more PPG than Gibbs.
As far as personel, our WR position (and TE, but Royal is forming up nicely) is really the only position lacking. I feel our line is very solid with Samuels, Rabach, Jansen, and Thomas. Dockery is still young and has shown flashes of playing very good football. Here's a novel idea, let them play together for a while. Let's also remember that when there are 2-3 more guys in the box then we have linemen it doesn't matter if we have an all-star team blocking it'll still be hard to get 4/4.5 YPC.
This team needs to make leaps and bounds offensively to be a contender. I hope they can do it, but we need to give Ramsey the ball and trust him, which drafting Campbell didn't exactly send that message. I want to see us based around the run as much as anyone, but until our passing game is respected, which the Shotgun is a good start, our offense will continue to sputter.
Comparing Gibbs of the 80s to coaches of the modern era of football is apples and oranges. He did great things in a different NFL, and I think he can do the same. He's a good leader, guys follow him and work hard for him. The only problem I have with him is his playcalling, schemes, and clock management. He improved upon one of those over the season. If he can bring back an offense that dominated even half of what he had in his first era, we'll be a playoff team again, but I'm not going to turn an ignorant eye to the fact that I haven't seen anything to say we're going to make a big splash. Some people prefer to preach on the positive all day long, I like to look at what's wrong with the team and deal with it instead of ignore it. Like with all coaches, he has three years in my mind.
Yes, I liked Spurrier, but do you remember all the times I said that he needed to update his staff with NFL people and change his schemes? Get a better RB and give him the ball 10-15 more times a game? I guess comments like that get forgotten.
Oh, by the way, Charley Casserly of the Texans said he's LOVE to have Spurrier as a coach after he left (got fired) here.
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