Ranking the coaches

[Soonerpeace]

(03-21-2024, 04:43 PM)casear2727 Wrote: I have been as big of a Pollack critic as anyone here. Im just telling you that I heard that he hasnt had his stamp of approval on the guys drafted. The draft was the only point I intended to make. That said, he obviously hasnt coached any of them up.

I’m certainly not debating you’ve heard that reliably. My long time experience is that even coaches from the same team don’t agree on things. I remember after one year at OU Mike Leach took the Texas Tech job. I knew several coaches on that staff. One Bobby Jack Wright ( previously before a longtime Texas coach) said Leach would fail miserably as he was a poor fit at Tech. Another OU coach said he’ll be very successful because he’s the best game day coach I’ve ever seen in my lifetime of coaching. The Cincy staff probably gets more input in the draft than probably any organization. Probably because the small scouting department.

But there’s an issue somewhere and personally I think that OL personnel are either suited to a style whether it’s zone blocking, gap blocking, or man(angle) blocking. I think based on who has been available they’ve got a mismatch of strengths amongst them. But you also have to coordinate with the runn8ng back. Mixon was awful at zone blocking especially when we couldn’t block it. I dont think there’s a consensus strategy at work and I don’t think Pollack’s strength is scheming. This staff needs someone who can scheme against opponents. Not sure Zac’s strength is run scheme. Don’t know that Arthur Smith was great at the passing scheme for the Falcons. Head coaches don’t have all the answers or expertise.