Stan Hixon

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by cpayne5

Sorry, but I haven't seen Hixon run those routes or call those plays. Like I said, we don't know what his job responsibilities are. There are three people in the equation here, 1) the WRs, 2) Zorn and 3) Hixon. We know the responsibilities of two of the 3. The WRs are supposed to get open, and learn the offense. That's part of being a professional, rookie or not. Zorn's responsibilities involve calling plays that will utilize the strengths of the WRs to put them into position to succeed. We don't know what Hixon's responsibilities are. So yes, the conclusions being drawn do seem awfully shallow and baseless considering what we know (which is next to nothing).

Lets take a look at your scenario. ...If we agree that we have not had WR production in 5 yrs or more then lets look at what has remained the same through all those yrs. Its not Zorn, he's new this year. So now your looking at either WR's or WR Coach. I could agree we need better talent. The only player I would keep from yrs past is Moss and he even is slipping with all his injuries. but you can't say it's all the WR when we bring in what many teams had as top 1st round talent in Kelly and Thomas and they can't produce. So the constant has been Hixon. Through Gibbs whole tenure. Two OC's during Gibbs term could not get production and now Zorn. I can't blame Zorn for that. I can blame Zorn for developing piss pour plays and not adjusting during game or season which I would hope Christensen would be able to teach since he already once was an OC.