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To be honest i dont think you can have disciplinarian coaches like you used to. I remember teams going back to 2 a days mid week. Full padded contact practices in the heat/cold etc etc. 1) I think the CFLPA has pushed out a coaches ability to be a real hard ass. 2) I dont think the modern generation of athlete (or in general) responds to that. I think you need to be a different type of leader today as a coach.

I think a home play off win, and a good effort in the final could do wonder for that. I also think we are going to see significant scapegoating of nichols, possibly plop and definitely hall.

Imagine how much better it would be if we didnt have hall, started MO at S and fenner at sam.

I think hall is in the most trouble, despite a solid overall effort by the d. (tackling stank several times but other then that and the usual softness) I dont think plop gets fired mid-season, and short of missing the playoffs (maybe even then) I think mos is safe. Plop should be on the hot seat, but nichols will take the bullet before it hits plop.

reilly isnt human. The way he can shrug off defensive linemen allows him to command the pocket like few else. Streveler created an extra dimension with his legs that opened up more for everyone else. Right now nichols is soo shakey in the pocket its taking away what we didnt have to give.

I would bet a years salary he starts on every team in the league. He is that good. Our usage of him and his strengths dont even mesh well with our offense and he still performs at an elite level. On one hand its easy to say, oh because its plop. And im well known to dislike him. But to be fair he already has considerable design rotating around adams, harris, demski, packages for streveler and stuff for dressler. Its good to have a play or two for each guy, but to have a package designed around each guy is too much to expect. Would be great though. And thompkins is going to be a guy that demands it in the future in my opinion. Woli seems like a guy who is never the deep look or the check down. He is kinda stuck in the middle though they did target him a good bit and he catches everything. I dont know if you build around him but he certainly should be used more as a hot read guy. With less talent we were rolling up 30-40 regularly. Without thompkins at that. The talent of our WR core with such low and suboptimal use of soo many guys isnt in question. Look at the off cut pieces weve let go that other teams have pounced on. Look at the flashes from guys buried on the depth chart. Remember back two years when we were forcing passes to hapless guys no one else would touch. We all know how much mos loves to start an extra NI to use an extra DI on teams. And weve seen how petermann can turn the ball up field for gains and how simonise can stretch the field. If the imps at the bottom were not very good we would be starting another NI wr. I could see an argument that each wr is used poorly in our system. Our system is rigid. We mash talent into it rather then adapt it to take advantage of what we have.

Nope. Iirc they have a fist full of interesting coaching types. That or its the other league that wont last a year.

Imo the run game was more feast or famine. Harris made the most out of cut back lanes and bouncing outside because the gaps were tight on a few plays. They did open a couple great holes for him as well. But it wasnt consistent at all. And a line can do much better at one aspect then the other. Especially a mediocre one. And our OL without bond and hardrick is pretty middle of the road. The second fastest pressure of the night was actually out of a 30 front. Id love to see some examples of a 7 second pocket though. Nichols was struggling with timing and pocket presence no doubt. He struggled more then the OL did/had, but they have also struggled.

Hesitating, and at times he is tucking the ball in bad positions I do agree with that. And that hurts the entire offense no doubt. If they stick with nichols plop does need to do a much better job of adjusting no question.

Great? no, solid-good for the most part? sure. yeah they had a hard match up, you dont become or perform "great" by beating up on bad opponents. You are great when you play great opponents and beat them. Yes nichols was doing a poor job of getting the ball out, but they had too many ole! blocks on the edge too. They gave up too many pressures, and didnt do a good enough job keeping DL engaged allowing them to attack passing lanes with their hands. Couple of times they made plays because they are great ends. But the OL was dropping the ball plenty too.

Its not soo many lousy balls to catch, its his placement. The vast majority of the time you see a pass deeper then 10 yards (and of late any pass) you see our WRs having to stretch out to their furthest extent just to touch the ball. If a wr jumps up or lays out as far as they can, and extends their arms fully and the ball grazes their fingers It is NOT a drop. A pass is supposed to hit a wr in the hands with their arms bent right in front of them. It should leave them able to catch and run without breaking stride. That is an accurate pass. When you have to reach behind you, layout or jump up in a prone position it was not a good/accurate pass. Especially in an offense like ours, which expects wrs to catch a pass before first down yardage is gained then pick it up with their feet, you HAVE to hit wrs on time in stride. When you dont you freeze their feet and momentum and force them to shuck and jive to try and pick up yardage rather than run it out.

Even with out dressler it just isnt the case. Adams, and thompkins are insanely talented. Washington is still too soon to quantify, but if he is any thing its a deep threat. Thompkins was a legit nfl starter, and has shown great in his use here thus far. We dont have much design around him yet, but he catches every thing he should. Darvin adams is playing at an elite level. Put him in any well run offense and he would be top couple in the league in every catagory. Dressler has similar health issues as allways, but has shown he is still the guy who can stretch the D, as well as catch a 4 yard pass on second and 10 and make a first down. The problem hasnt been wrs getting open deep. If any thing we've seen tons of chances to hook up deep, but missed with passes and protection. If we cut thompkins, dressler, or adams they would immediately be picked up and start for another team. Thompkins and adams would start on any team in the league. Dressler would start on most of them, save one or two. How many teams would nichols start on right now? The Ol hasnt been great the last few weeks. (pass pro) weve seen a ton of pressure on nichols compared to the past when we saw him touched once a game or less and seldom sacked. Nichols has not dealt with or picked up the pressure well at all either. The offense has not adapted well to how teams have been able to pressure us. Ol missing hardrick and bond, then the play of nichols, then the lack of adjustments by plop. Wr talent is soo far down the list for why our offense is struggling its not even funny.

1 Harris. Monster runs, carried our offense. 2 Alexander. Pick big hit fighting possession well. 3 Bighill, monster fighting short yardage plays Hh Gauthier with a big kick coverage hit after shedding a block

he isnt going to be hardrick 2.0 instantly no. this. with a healthy hardrick he would also supplant neufeld instantly.

Streveler and bennett are un real athletes for qbs. Both would be good to very good athletes at WR. Streveler as a mobile passer is a pretty rare thing. Focused on limiting turn overs, smooth going run to pass and back. Doesnt get too caught up in one success. Takes what the defense gives him. The kid is special and has a very bright future in football.

Yes. This is the kind of guy you break the bank for. Drop a imp DE, drop wild, lots of places to save money. Flip loffler to another team, slide mo to S, play fenner at sam start gray. Does he start right away? I mean with hardrick out and the OL struggling last week its a good time to slip him in. Idk if we do though. I could see our management easing him in over a few weeks.

Isnt it also for the weeks of TC/mini camp? But yeah not a full year. You also have bonuses for play offs superbowls etc.

Just went up for this year or last year iirc. I could see him coming in and getting 100k ish as a guy who can start right now (faith was getting 88k ish) But yeah US dollar, im not sure how they tax earnings but it could end up lower, and also a chance at getting the active roster money or the pension after a while. The nfl pension is nothing to sneeze at.

7600$ Us a week minimum

Most every one will say stick it out a year. Wylie is a great OL coach to learn under. No doubt he can improve a lot from a year of scout team / pr and working with wylie in the nfl.

I dont think we will can hall. But the incumbent would be james stanley.

We dipped our toes into it a little bit more this week, and it worked well. Streveler is a strong change of pace to nichols. It can work. But its hard to manage and very risky. Should we do it more? yeah. Will we? probably not.

An old coaching joke with some application here. One day an old head coach of a football team is fired. His assistant is hired as the new head coach. Before the old head coach leaves he give the new coach three envelopes And says, "When youre in trouble open a letter and follow the instructions". Early the next year the team hasnt improved and the new coach opens a letter. It says, "Blame the fans". So he holds a press conference and talks about how they have no home field advantage. How his teams is demoralized by poor support from the fans. Things improve for a while but eventually taper back down. Late that year the blame is coming back around to him again. So he opens another letter. It says, "Blame the talent." So he holds another press conference and says they need more talent. The calling for his job once again subsides a little. Midway through the next year he is under the greatest pressure of his career. Everyone is turning on him and his team just doesnt perform. So he opens the final letter it says "Prepare 3 letters". In as little as a week nichols has gone from steady leader to having been booed by the fans, complained about the fans, and now this. I feel like play off nichols, the nichols of the win streaks would have shouldered more of the burden then is fairly his. I didnt listen to the post game so i didnt hear the interview. I doubt he threw his guys under the bus. But every thing is trending in the wrong direction for nichols and this offense right now.

7 total carries for the game for harris

7 carries 13 yards. Wish we'd see more creative run plays for Harris. Some pitch some shovel etc for when we struggle like this.