(11-15-2021, 05:50 PM)SamusAranX Wrote: The problem with blaming Bevell is this; yes, I agree he is responsible for offensive woes, at least many of them. But that comes back on Urban. He can’t keep standing on the sidelines no pun intended, and being hands off. The buck stops with him. If he knows bevell is misusing talent, not fitting schemes to players, over utilizing Hyde and painfully misusing Robinson, etc then he needs to step in. There are three reasons he isn’t and all of them are painful to contemplate:

1. Urban is loyal to a fault, similar to Marrone, and hangs on to dead weight coaches
2. Urban doesn’t realize how terrible the scheming and play calls are and therefore woefully out of touch and / or not filled with football acumen like we’re led to believe.
3. Urban knows this but won’t step in and prefers to let him take the fall.
4. BONUS round: Urban thinks everything is great with Bevell, no need for changes or taking over play calling duties.

It's a whole lot of #2.

He is out of touch when it comes to scheming and game planning. Hes never been a X's and O's coach. He was an elite recruiter and could tell 17/18 year olds and their families what they wanted to hear.

He has always put all the responsibility on his coaches to get the players prepared and coached up. He doesn't do it, he's just a talker.

He always had the advantage of having the most talent on the field. His biggest worries on game days would be wondering if they'd win by 40 or 50 on that given Saturday. All he did was show up.

Now that he doesn't have the massive talent advantage in the NFL, all this is becoming blatantly clear.

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