Initial Reactions To New Coaches From A Vet

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Something to remember is that Marvin’s style was not to speak to the media in specifics. Doesn’t mean he was right or wrong to do so - it was just his style. He also seemed to prefer a lower tempo approach to practices and indeed over time had the offense running at a lower tempo - possibly this was to try to milk the clock.

That the players would like the uptempo approach ZT is using so far enough to speak about it is not surprising. Players on offense want the tempo faster as it plays into their natural aggression. In many game situations it is also better simply because it deprives the defense of time to reset - as we saw in real games where when we ran uptempo the offense looked WAY better.

I am curious as to what the route tree will look like this season? One persistent issue has been receivers running wrong routes, breaking them off prematurely and constantly failing to break back to the ball. Perhaps Callahan and ZT will be using a simpler route tree that lets the receivers keep tabs on the pocket?