I heard people saying he would be a starter on another team, once released. There's always the UFL

(09-07-2024, 12:18 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Paul went to the Cowboys for one season after he left here and cant get back in the league. 

Met Willie multiple times, great guy.  Despite his nonstop efforts to become an NFL coach, no team will hire him. 

I believe that "well respected" coaches can get jobs.  And we all know that great players dont necessarily make great evaluators or coaches.

So there's a really fun story behind this that goes all the way back to Willie Anderson's time in Cincy.

Willie hurt his hand before the season one year and Paul Alexander and Willie developed a way for him to play using mostly 1 hand. That developed into "Independent Hands". It's a technique used to the advantage of length. Willie and Paul taught it to Andrew Whitworth and these guys should end up in the Hall of Fame. After Willie retired teams asked him to come around and talk to their younger guys about technique but not to teach them any of that wild stuff lol. Paul Alexander continued to teach it to Bengals players through the 2000 teens and they had the best pass blocking line during that period. Paul was fired over fan outrage and scapegoat after Ogbuehi and Fisher went to the Cowboys and was fired because the staff and players didn't want to learn this new pass blocking technique and Paul probably pushed it because it works.



Now we have the OL symposium where there guys get together and talk about different ways they win individually and help other young players understand they are all different and one way might work better than foe them then how they are being taught. Paul has spoken at these symposiums (amazing stuff) and has mentioned he's been offered jobs but is happy in retirement.

(09-07-2024, 11:52 AM)Sled21 Wrote: You know, PA gets a lot of hate around here. I didn' t like him either with his "fall back and catch" lineman philosophy. That said, he really is a well respected line coach across the league. Alexander may have been pushing Carman, but so was Willie Anderson. Someone want to hack on Big Willie as well? Carman had the tools, he just didn't have the heart to do what it took at this level.

He is well respected, but he absolutely sucks at evaluating modern college linemen.

(09-07-2024, 02:44 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: He is well respected, but he absolutely sucks at evaluating modern college linemen.

That year he also trained Penei Sewell so...

(09-07-2024, 02:40 PM)Synric Wrote: So there's a really fun story behind this that goes all the way back to Willie Anderson's time in Cincy.

Willie hurt his hand before the season one year and Paul Alexander and Willie developed a way for him to play using mostly 1 hand. That developed into "Independent Hands". It's a technique used to the advantage of length. Willie and Paul taught it to Andrew Whitworth and these guys should end up in the Hall of Fame. After Willie retired teams asked him to come around and talk to their younger guys about technique but not to teach them any of that wild stuff lol. Paul Alexander continued to teach it to Bengals players through the 2000 teens and they had the best pass blocking line during that period. Paul was fired over fan outrage and scapegoat after Ogbuehi and Fisher went to the Cowboys and was fired because the staff and players didn't want to learn this new pass blocking technique and Paul probably pushed it because it works.



Now we have the OL symposium where there guys get together and talk about different ways they win individually and help other young players understand they are all different and one way might work better than foe them then how they are being taught. Paul has spoken at these symposiums (amazing stuff) and has mentioned he's been offered jobs but is happy in retirement.

Retired?  He was a consultant for a couple of years and then took a job coaching a football team in Germany the last couple of years.

(09-07-2024, 02:57 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Retired?  He was a consultant for a couple of years and then took a job coaching a football team in Germany the last couple of years.

Retired from thr NFL which I would say is alot heavier workload. 

(09-07-2024, 02:59 PM)Synric Wrote: Retired from thr NFL which I would say is alot heavier workload. 

Lol, can't get hired = retired, most of the time.   You like him, great.  

(09-07-2024, 03:01 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Lol, can't get hired = retired, most of the time.   You like him, great.  

I'm just repeating information given at the OL Masterminds symposium last year. All availbe on the OL Masterminds subtext group stuff.

Some fans (I guess they are relatively new arrivals only know PA from the Oggie days. They seem to be clueless about some of the O-lines he coached here.

Quote:Alexander's offensive line paved the way for two NFL rushing records by Bengal's RB Corey Dillon. During his rookie season in 1997, Dillon rushed 39 times for 246 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 41-14 win over the Tennessee Oilers breaking Jim Brown's NFL rookie single game record that had stood for 40 years. On October 22, 2000, Dillon set an NFL record for most yards rushed in one game (278 yards) against the Denver Broncos, breaking Walter Payton's single-game mark of 275 yards set on November 20, 1977.[18]

In 2015 Alexander was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in its article: "The Mozart behind the Bengals 6-0 record".   In 2017, Pro Football Focus ranked his offensive line #1 statistically in pass protection over the 11 year life of their measure; also in 2017, he was once again recognized by Sports Illustrated as the top offensive line coach in the business and named to their "Dream Team Coaching Staff".[19][20]

(09-07-2024, 02:46 PM)Synric Wrote: That year he also trained Penei Sewell so...

Didn't say at training them - I said evaluating them.  

What has he done with drafting since Willie, Levi and Steinbach over 20 years ago?  We needed an OT bad and he drafts Ogbuehi and Fisher.  He has constantly missed on any O-linemn during his last stretch here.  He's the reason why we had such a terrible O-line and needed to go so heavy into free agency.

The guy can't draft for shit.

(09-07-2024, 05:25 PM)Hammerstripes Wrote: Didn't say at training them - I said evaluating them.  

What has he done with drafting since Willie, Levi and Steinbach over 20 years ago?  We needed an OT bad and he drafts Ogbuehi and Fisher.  He has constantly missed on any O-linemn during his last stretch here.  He's the reason why we had such a terrible O-line and needed to go so heavy into free agency.

The guy can't draft for shit.

He blew it on Oggie. People should just lay off the Fisher crap, he developed heart issues. We will never know how he could have turned out if he was healthy.

Jackson Carman is and was fine.

You need to get off the cough syrup.

(09-07-2024, 05:27 PM)Sled21 Wrote: He blew it on Oggie. People should just lay off the Fisher crap, he developed heart issues. We will never know how he could have turned out if he was healthy.

He didn't get the heart issues until halfway through his 3rd year and already had 10 penalties and 7 sacks allowed in just 782 career snaps.. and it would have been worse if he hadn't spent time as a HB instead of an OT. He was already a bust as a 2nd round pick at that point.

(09-08-2024, 12:47 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: He didn't get the heart issues until halfway through his 3rd year and already had 10 penalties and 7 sacks allowed in just 782 career snaps.. and it would have been worse if he hadn't spent time as a HB instead of an OT. He was already a bust as a 2nd round pick at that point.

He wasn't DIAGNOSED until his 3rd season, but I'm sure the problem was setting in and more than likely affected his stamina. Point is, we will never know. 2 years is not enough time to evaluate a player anyway. I have heart issues, so I know about the fatigue

Give Jackson Carman another shot. He was SO GOOD against Buffalo!

(09-08-2024, 12:01 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: Give Jackson Carman another shot. He was SO GOOD against Buffalo!

I think we will eventually find out that Carmans issues had everything with a chronically bad back

(09-08-2024, 12:05 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: I think we will eventually find out that Carmans issues had everything with a chronically bad back

he was a chronically bad pick

(09-08-2024, 01:13 PM)Frank Booth Wrote: he was a chronically bad pick

he showed some ability at times...yet would have never drafted an offensive lineman with serious back issues

(09-08-2024, 01:31 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: he showed some ability at times...yet would have never drafted an offensive lineman with serious back issues

make excuses all you want, he was always horrible

Jackson was signed to the Dolphins PS today