10-23-2017, 01:51 PM
Paul Alexander has been the Bengals O-line Coach since the mid 1990's.
He comes from the Bruce Coslett Coaching Tree as a Tight Ends Coach under Coslett with the Jets.
That's right. The Bruce Coslett Coaching Tree.
It is my understanding that Alexander is the Architect of the current Bengals Offensive line. That he holds a lot of influence in who gets Drafted at the O-line position and has held firm on his beliefs that certain players on the Roster would develop into fine Offensive Lineman. Constantly reassuring Mike Brown that the O-line will be fine with the hand picked players he believes in.
Then there is Alexander's Coaching itself. I saw Bengals O-lineman against the Steelers that were so unsure of who to block that they would touch a Steeler's upper side of the arm near the shoulder joint as they shot threw the Guard/center gap or Guard/Tackle gap while glancing to their other side unsure if they should be blocking someone on that side. Basically blocking no one. Not sure Paul Alexander is up to speed with the current NFL as he may still have one foot in the Coslett 1990's era.
Then there is the question of just how much or how little Paul Alexander will allow an Offensive Co-ordinator to influence how his O-line functions to support that Co-ordinator's Offense. The O-line seems to be his own Domain made up of players he plans to turn into over achievers. Make Chicken Salad out of Chicken Stool so to speak.
By the way, the Steelers have 9 time Pro Bowl Offensive Lineman & former Head Coach Mike Munchak as their Offensive Line Coach who played on some Great & well coached O-lines in his day. They invested Big Money into David Decastro, Maurkice Pouncey, Alejandro Villanueva while having others that they know can do the job. Coached well and know what to do.
The O-line Plan that Paul Alexander Rubber Stamped has proven to be a Failure. In part because of a lack of Thoroughbreds at these positions and equally due to a lack of Judgment on the part of Alexander in deciding which players in Draft's to pin his hopes on. I would also bet that an O-line Coach like Mike Munchak could get better results from the current Bengals Offensive lineman than Paul Alexander does if given some time to Coach them while at the same time Munchak would be telling his Organization that we need to add some Thoroughbreds to that O-line for Ultimate level success.
I wonder if Marvin has called for a different O-line Coach in past years only to be told that he is stuck with Alexander.
Accountability should have Alexander following Zampese out the door with others like Marvin himself in line to be booted next.
An Organizational over haul should begin now with Alexander and having highly competent Coaches in place is vital.
It starts at the Top of any Organization and the Rooney Family has it down pat for the Steelers.
Mike Brown may never have their skill set but he should begin purging the Organization with Alexander from this point as he recently did with Zampese.
Long way to go to get the Competence Level up inside this Organization.
Easy to see the Competence of certain other Organizations.
The players are simply caught up in the Web of whichever type of Organizational Leadership their specific team has since they are picked by that team and Coached by that team.
Each Organization having a Ceiling of sorts going in based on their Leadership & Competence.
He comes from the Bruce Coslett Coaching Tree as a Tight Ends Coach under Coslett with the Jets.
That's right. The Bruce Coslett Coaching Tree.
It is my understanding that Alexander is the Architect of the current Bengals Offensive line. That he holds a lot of influence in who gets Drafted at the O-line position and has held firm on his beliefs that certain players on the Roster would develop into fine Offensive Lineman. Constantly reassuring Mike Brown that the O-line will be fine with the hand picked players he believes in.
Then there is Alexander's Coaching itself. I saw Bengals O-lineman against the Steelers that were so unsure of who to block that they would touch a Steeler's upper side of the arm near the shoulder joint as they shot threw the Guard/center gap or Guard/Tackle gap while glancing to their other side unsure if they should be blocking someone on that side. Basically blocking no one. Not sure Paul Alexander is up to speed with the current NFL as he may still have one foot in the Coslett 1990's era.
Then there is the question of just how much or how little Paul Alexander will allow an Offensive Co-ordinator to influence how his O-line functions to support that Co-ordinator's Offense. The O-line seems to be his own Domain made up of players he plans to turn into over achievers. Make Chicken Salad out of Chicken Stool so to speak.
By the way, the Steelers have 9 time Pro Bowl Offensive Lineman & former Head Coach Mike Munchak as their Offensive Line Coach who played on some Great & well coached O-lines in his day. They invested Big Money into David Decastro, Maurkice Pouncey, Alejandro Villanueva while having others that they know can do the job. Coached well and know what to do.
The O-line Plan that Paul Alexander Rubber Stamped has proven to be a Failure. In part because of a lack of Thoroughbreds at these positions and equally due to a lack of Judgment on the part of Alexander in deciding which players in Draft's to pin his hopes on. I would also bet that an O-line Coach like Mike Munchak could get better results from the current Bengals Offensive lineman than Paul Alexander does if given some time to Coach them while at the same time Munchak would be telling his Organization that we need to add some Thoroughbreds to that O-line for Ultimate level success.
I wonder if Marvin has called for a different O-line Coach in past years only to be told that he is stuck with Alexander.
Accountability should have Alexander following Zampese out the door with others like Marvin himself in line to be booted next.
An Organizational over haul should begin now with Alexander and having highly competent Coaches in place is vital.
It starts at the Top of any Organization and the Rooney Family has it down pat for the Steelers.
Mike Brown may never have their skill set but he should begin purging the Organization with Alexander from this point as he recently did with Zampese.
Long way to go to get the Competence Level up inside this Organization.
Easy to see the Competence of certain other Organizations.
The players are simply caught up in the Web of whichever type of Organizational Leadership their specific team has since they are picked by that team and Coached by that team.
Each Organization having a Ceiling of sorts going in based on their Leadership & Competence.
