Commanders Post at The Warpath - View Single Post - Bills Post Game Massacre. U like thats and dislikes

CRedskinsRule · 12-23-2015, 01:05 PM

The only thing I will say 30 regarding the run game, is that IF (and its a big if) the goal is to move the team in a certain direction, and this year is a known re-building year (for example, SM saying that we may not win a lot of games but teams will know they played the Skins), then altering the run game style midseason, when 4 critical players (2 OL and 2 TE) went out, doesn't make as much sense as getting the team going in the direction that the coach wants it to go. So you deal with crappy run output, but keep teaching your fundamentals, your scheme, your plan, and you keep looking for the players that make that work.

Now I know everyone here will scream a coach should adjust to his players, but is that ALWAYS a valid statement? If as in our case the top 4 options go down, should you adjust the entire offensive structure to fit players who aren't in the long term plan, or should you look toward the future and just acknowledge that we don't have the horses to pull right now.

It's a fine line, and if we were in year 3 of SM/JG, and the whole 53man roster was built with one design in mind I would say yes tweak the offense to the next guy up, but we have players from multiple schemes, and a HC who clearly has a scheme that he thinks he can win with.

12-23-2015, 01:05 PM	#13
CRedskinsRule Living Legend Join Date: Aug 2008 Age: 58 Posts: 21,698	Re: Bills Post Game Massacre. U like thats and dislikes The only thing I will say 30 regarding the run game, is that IF (and its a big if) the goal is to move the team in a certain direction, and this year is a known re-building year (for example, SM saying that we may not win a lot of games but teams will know they played the Skins), then altering the run game style midseason, when 4 critical players (2 OL and 2 TE) went out, doesn't make as much sense as getting the team going in the direction that the coach wants it to go. So you deal with crappy run output, but keep teaching your fundamentals, your scheme, your plan, and you keep looking for the players that make that work. Now I know everyone here will scream a coach should adjust to his players, but is that ALWAYS a valid statement? If as in our case the top 4 options go down, should you adjust the entire offensive structure to fit players who aren't in the long term plan, or should you look toward the future and just acknowledge that we don't have the horses to pull right now. It's a fine line, and if we were in year 3 of SM/JG, and the whole 53man roster was built with one design in mind I would say yes tweak the offense to the next guy up, but we have players from multiple schemes, and a HC who clearly has a scheme that he thinks he can win with.