09-16-2019, 11:50 AM
All sarcasm aside, Paul Alexander had unique pass blocking techniques that worked for many years. He was well respected around the league for this. But we never had a real good running game with him as O-line coach except for '04-'05 when we had Rudi and arguably the most talented line in the league.
Most of the hatred he got around here came from the fact that he was cultured and not a slobbering knuckle-dragger like most people want the football coaches to be. He was considered soft because he **gasp** played the piano **gasp**. Nothing made this more clear than last year when many here were praising Pollack for getting away from Alexander's "soft" zone blocking schemes and using more drive blocking. But the fact was that Frank Pollack was know for running the classic zone blocking scheme he learned from Bill Callahan while Alexander employed more man blocking.
There are always certain players/coaches on this team that a lot of fans hate for reasons other than how they perform. Once a player gets on the negative side all the fans see are his bad plays and the seem to become oblivious to the good.
The run of Bodine, Ogbuehi, and Fisher doomed Alexander. I had supported him for years, but he had to go after that '17 nightmare. Green, Dalton, and Bernard did not miss a single game. Mixon only missed 2. Yet that offense was putrid. Dead last in the league.
Most of the hatred he got around here came from the fact that he was cultured and not a slobbering knuckle-dragger like most people want the football coaches to be. He was considered soft because he **gasp** played the piano **gasp**. Nothing made this more clear than last year when many here were praising Pollack for getting away from Alexander's "soft" zone blocking schemes and using more drive blocking. But the fact was that Frank Pollack was know for running the classic zone blocking scheme he learned from Bill Callahan while Alexander employed more man blocking.
There are always certain players/coaches on this team that a lot of fans hate for reasons other than how they perform. Once a player gets on the negative side all the fans see are his bad plays and the seem to become oblivious to the good.
The run of Bodine, Ogbuehi, and Fisher doomed Alexander. I had supported him for years, but he had to go after that '17 nightmare. Green, Dalton, and Bernard did not miss a single game. Mixon only missed 2. Yet that offense was putrid. Dead last in the league.
