Paul Alexander was "in charge of the run game"

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(01-06-2018, 11:18 AM)sonofstat Wrote: ???

I never knew that Alexander was in charge of running game.

I probably had more patience with him than most but that was based on our pass protection normally being good in the past.

Our run blocking has never been great - even on our better recent lines - so the fact he was in charge of our whole running game beggars belief - and further justifies him being sacked.

Is it normal practice in the NFL to have the OL coach in charge of the running game....how the hell does that work with the OC too - whos in charge?

Looking forward to a new OL who just does that, and Lazor getting a chance to own the whole show ...for better or worse

It's more common than you realize.  In fact, in college it is not unusual for offenses to have both a run game coordinator and a passing game coordinator, neither of whom are the offensive coordinator.

(01-06-2018, 02:08 PM)McC Wrote: If Fatboy started out as a TE coach, how did that make him a line expert?  Why the hell was he ever hired to be a line coach in the first place?

His mentor was/is the great Jim McNally, former Bengals line coach who developed the concept of zone blocking.

Somewhere I read that the team has interest in McNally being Alexander's replacement, although I don't know if he has any interest in a return to coaching.