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(10 hours ago)puddycat Wrote: I dunno if being a player's coach has anything to do with anything but someone in the building has to set the standard. "Aw, shucks, we're going to work hard to be better" doesn't cut it.
Three examples stand out. 1) Who is calling the offensive plays? The lack of clear direction is obvious when the teams dithers their way up to the line, Burrow constantly changes plays when there, and then we take delay of game penalties after timeouts. 2) Someone needs to have a discussion with Joe Burrow that playing more from under center may be better for the team even if it isn't what he would prefer. It clearly need to be the OC and or head coach. Joe isn't dumb, but he seems to learn only by his own trial and error, and not because a coach says "too bad, that's the way it's going to be". 3) The team often looks like it's mailing it in. They are not playing with urgency. Worse yet, they look like they are playing frustrated; they have energy but no clear direction. That's on coaching.
I was at the game Monday night. I got all excited when we lined up in the I-formation and Moss went for 15yds on the play before the first Chase TD. I was more excited about that play than the actual touchdown lol
