This offense is ABSOLUTELY worse than the sum of its parts. No question about it.
Right now, this week, it can be better without dumping the entire scheme. Which is not something that can be done until next season.
Dana will be calling plays
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Right now, this week, it can be better without dumping the entire scheme. Which is not something that can be done until next season.
Rhule probably regrets not getting this done nine months ago when Dana could have installed a system he knows. But I have a hunch he may have had some contact with Rhule at times over the 9 months so he may have some good concepts that can be quickly utilized. All in all, it smells of desperation and that only means Rhule is about where most of us are these days as a repeat 5-7 looms.
If we do anything similar to what DH has done in the past we’ll be back to a spread offense. (“air raid”) That being said his version of the spread runs the ball more than most.
"quick and decisive"
we interviewed Holgerson in the offseason because Satt sucks
we hired a different person to be Co-OC in the offseason because Satt sucks
we allowed our entire team to wallow, forced our phenom QB to answer pointed questions about the OC and are now amidst a second straight late-season swoon because Satt sucks
we bring in outside consultants because Satt sucks
we allow Satt to stay on staff despite his very public emasculation and demotion
the above represents a 10-month timeline
you and I have very different definitions of "quick and decisive"
You may very well be right… he may know the talking points and says what the fans want to hear.
It is weird that he says he wants smashmouth but Satt doesn’t understand that concept… I think it’s possible Rhule brought him in believing that Satt could change and evolve his offense into more of a rushing attack, but when we got Raiola as our QB, the thought was the passing game will open the running game. Well, that hasn’t happened.
And this could simply be me wanting to put the best construction on this, which is my default. So who knows? Certainly not me.
I'm just happy Rhule pulled the trigger. A few weeks ago it didn't sound like he had the nutsac and was going to be stuck in the same rut as previous coaches. I'll admit I'm not sure it gets any better, but at least there is progress in at least trying to move the needle. The goal is to score points and hopefully Dana can get that done. On the flip side, hopefully TW reacted well to some outside opinions as well. I don't fault Rhule for trying to pull some levers. Is it too late? Probably, but I'm happy he is doing it.
The difference between RW and Satt was on display in the UCLA game. Our first half defensively was awful. Second half was light years better. That is because TW made adjustments. Satt? Ha.
Just because Dana didn’t come doesn’t mean Rhule didn’t offer and try to get him.
From DH’s perspective holding out probably got him an extra $500k because we are more desperate now.
He tried to get previously. Hired a different guy to assist. That didn’t work so 10 weeks later he is making another change and finally got the guy he wanted in the first place.
Why are you locking onto my three words and ignoring the rest?
And yeah “quick and decisive” because he called him Sunday morning and had him here the next day and made the decision Tuesday to have him call plays.
That’s pretty decisive. Holgersen says “yeah I’m interested” and Rhule says “see you tomorrow”
Not a far fetched question by any means. I could see Holgorsen wanting Raiola to do it one way, while Mahomes’ coach wants him do it another.
I think if I was running the air raid I would want a big back to take advantage of a light box. Gabe/Donte. However, modern trend is for a fast guy out of the backfield. I think Rahmir/Emmett and I doubt we see the rest.
Might as well get ahead of things. Why wait until the first snap of the game.
Who gives a ****? Has he been getting it done? I thought that's what mattered?
It will at the very least be addition by subtraction. Just eliminating any play that requires perimeter blocking will be a plus.
Holgersen's mesh concept alone would make a big difference for this offense. I much prefer schemes that get the middle of the field open rather than relying on outside screen plays with ****** blocking. Hopefully they were able to install that over the bye week
Whatever happened earlier with Holgerson wasn’t money at all. He makes the same regardless because he is still being paid by Houston but there’s an offset clause.
He might stay, I can’t see a big list of schools that would bring him in as an HC at this point. He may be best suited as an OC for now.
Fingers crossed he’s enough to get us one more win to make a bowl
I really don’t care about a bowl game. I’d love to see a competent football team more than anything. We haven’t played 4 quarters all year. And once again, our most impressive game is a loss
I would bet a large sum of money that Dana was offered the same title that Thomas ended up getting but he wanted complete control. We’ll see if changing an OC with 3 games helps or turns in to a complete train wreck.
We might not see the benefit until next fall but it was obvious changes were coming.
I think Rhule is a very good defensive coach but has to rely on his OC. Make no mistake, he’s a very bright guy but Tom had a photographic memory. He didn’t need to look at his play sheet to call plays and was always thinking a series or two down the line.
One of the agreements in Holgorsen’s buyout from Houston was that he had to seek employment. That’s why Sonny Dykes set him up with that cushy analyst job where he could work remotely.
If Holgerson wants to be a HC again he’ll have to make a splash as a coordinator. No better place to do it than a struggling program with a 5 star QB.
Ehhh, sort of...but that is also NFL not college. And in the end Matt won out. Basically all he had to do was "pretend" to look for jobs and he would have got every penny
Maybe Dylan can turn into college Mahomes and we can score 50 pts a game and go 6-6 the next 3 years then Dylan can go to a lovable loser NFL organization (hello Vikings) and start chasing Patrick’s records while we all sit around and hope to go 9-3 then fire that coach. God I can’t wait to fire a 9 win coach again, it’s been a spell
Or… he could win a national championship, a Heisman and go 1st overall to the Chiefs after Carolina trades them the number 1 overall pick and then takes over for Mahomes in 2-3 years.
