Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

I wish GW the best. I'll always keep an eye on his career. Hopefully he'll get another crack at being a HC, if not he's still a helluva DC. I wish things could have worked out here but it wasn't meant to be.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

Great thread. Knowing that those guys will probably never read forums, I wish there was some way to let them know the fans really appreciated their work and thought they got a raw deal (well, at least Double G, I think there's sufficient disagreement about Al).

I'll be a big fan of Double G from here on out. If he does end up a Jacksonville, I guess I've got an AFC team to root for.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

[quote=redsk1;413568]I'll always be a GW fan b/c of the way he gets a D to play together. He gets the most out of the talent he has. I'm kinda scared what we might see next year w/out him here.

AS deserved better than this. I'm not saying that he should stay, as i think that is the decision of the new hc, but AS is a top 3 offensive coord in the league. I know we're all fans here and all but i've got to let it be known to those of you calling for AS head...our offense is not loaded w/ talent...it's got some talent but it's not as loaded w/ talent as alot of us think. AS needed more talent.[/quote]

I agree, but the main things that separated his KC O & here are the o lines (awesome unit in KC when he was there) & qb. Green was a vet while JC was just getting his feet wet.

In addition to needing more talent, he also needed 1) luck, our o line was a mess this year due to dock leaving & injuries on the right side, and 2) full confidence of the head coach; Gibbs & he didn't seem to gell their philosophies as much as JG had hoped. You have to think this O would be so much better next year if AS were to stay & JC matures.

Overall, I will miss both GW & AS, hate to see them go. Both of them deserve better & it's a real shame they couldn't be here for another year.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

I'll thank GW for his great job here, Al never really had a chance to shine and I even think it's a good thing to let him go while I think it's a mistake to release Williams after what he has accomplished this year with our D.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

[quote=freddyg12;414139]I agree, but the main things that separated his KC O & here are the o lines (awesome unit in KC when he was there) & qb. Green was a vet while JC was just getting his feet wet.

In addition to needing more talent, he also needed 1) luck, our o line was a mess this year due to dock leaving & injuries on the right side, and 2) full confidence of the head coach; Gibbs & he didn't seem to gell their philosophies as much as JG had hoped. You have to think this O would be so much better next year if AS were to stay & JC matures.

Overall, I will miss both GW & AS, hate to see them go. Both of them deserve better & it's a real shame they couldn't be here for another year.[/quote]

Full confidence of the HC is a biggie along w/ injuries.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

[QUOTE=JWsleep;413541]Al never really got it going here[/QUOTE]

That's because he wasn't granted the appropriate amount of time. Why do so many of our fans think success happens overnight?

Our offense was rolling over the last 5 games of the season when our receivers finally got healthy and were able to practice during the week, and also with a QB that had studied it for years.

Interestingly, our offense was ranked 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. I'm convinced we would have been a top 5 offense next year had we kept him.

Ce la vie. Thanks Al and Gregg for the outstanding job you guys did.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

[quote=halidouepics;414255]That's because he wasn't granted the appropriate amount of time. Why do so many of our fans think success happens overnight?

Our offense was rolling over the last 5 games of the season when our receivers finally got healthy and were able to practice during the week, and also with a QB that had studied it for years.

Interestingly, our offense was ranked 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. I'm convinced we would have been a top 5 offense next year had we kept him.

Ce la vie. Thanks Al and Gregg for the outstanding job you guys did.[/quote]
I thought your number on our O ranking looked wrong and i was surprised to learn that our O was ranked worse this yer than last.
2006: 13th
2007: 15th
We went backwards.

So I wonder who gets the job of moving AS 700 page play book.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

[QUOTE=halidouepics;414255]That's because he wasn't granted the appropriate amount of time. Why do so many of our fans think success happens overnight?

Our offense was rolling over the last 5 games of the season when our receivers finally got healthy and were able to practice during the week, and also with a QB that had studied it for years.

Interestingly, our offense was ranked 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. I'm convinced we would have been a top 5 offense next year had we kept him.

Ce la vie. Thanks Al and Gregg for the outstanding job you guys did.[/QUOTE]

It wasnt time it was Gibbs that kept the reins in on the O. IMO, Gibbs never really let AS do his thing. When Collins came in I think that was as close as Gibbs ever got to turning AS loose.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

[quote=irish;414274]It wasnt time it was Gibbs that kept the reins in on the O. IMO, Gibbs never really let AS do his thing. When Collins came in I think that was as close as Gibbs ever got to turning AS loose.[/quote]
To be honest the whole Gibbs and AS thing just did not work. Our O went from 13th in 2006 to 15th in 2007 while AS was here.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

[quote=halidouepics;414255]That's because he wasn't granted the appropriate amount of time. Why do so many of our fans think success happens overnight?

Our offense was rolling over the last 5 games of the season when our receivers finally got healthy and were able to practice during the week, and also with a QB that had studied it for years.

[B]Interestingly, our offense was ranked 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. I'm convinced we would have been a top 5 offense next year had we kept him.[/B]

Ce la vie. Thanks Al and Gregg for the outstanding job you guys did.[/quote]

Where are you getting those numbers? [URL="http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tabSeq=2&offensiveStatisticCategory=GAME_STATS&conference=ALL&role=TM&season=2007&seasonType=REG&d-447263-s=TOTAL_YARDS_GAME_AVG&d-447263-o=2&d-447263-n=1"]In 2007 the offense was ranked 15th.[/URL]

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

[QUOTE=firstdown;414303]To be honest the whole Gibbs and AS thing just did not work. Our O went from 13th in 2006 to 15th in 2007 while AS was here.[/QUOTE]

It didnt work because Gibbs wouldnt let it work. He never trusted AS to run the O the way it should have been run.

Re: The Official Thank You G-Will and Al Saunders thread
 

[quote=irish;414329]It didnt work because Gibbs wouldnt let it work. He never trusted AS to run the O the way it should have been run.[/quote]
Well I'm not a 100% sure that was the entire problem but I do know it was not working.