11-20-2017, 03:16 PM
(11-20-2017, 03:06 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: If it's guys not willing to put in work, then you still blame PA for selecting guys with poor work ethic. I'm not buying that PA has no time in the offseason to work on technique, though. During the season, sure. IIRC, it was Zeitler who said they don't make corrections to technique in-season. That would imply that they do make corrections in minicamps and training camp.
You are kind of missing the point. He can't work with those guys in the offseason by rule.
Quote:During the 2011 labor negotiation, one big give-back from the owners to players related to work rules. Each team’s offseason program was cut by five weeks, from 14 to nine, with only five of those weeks to include on-field work. The number of hours within that time was reduced. Summer two-a-days were eliminated. Allowable contact was reduced drastically.
It's up to the players, now more than ever, to seek out additional work because the team isn't allowed to.
9 weeks, 5 on field and with incredibly limited work is not enough time to "coach guys up" on the OL.
You can blame PA for a lot of things and that's fine. But don't act like Willie is blowing smoke when he says players have to take the initiative.
There are a ton of contributing factors to why we are so bad running the ball. OL being part of it and probably the biggest but not the only part.
And we should really be more focused on why PA is so involved in the draft, there's no way a position coach/assistant head coach can have the time thoroughly scout as well.
It all comes back to the systemic problems from Mike Brown.
