(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.

How about 5. He is meddling in the offense already and is causing some of the issues. Perhaps Bevell prefers Robinson, but Meyer is pushing for his guy. Perhaps Meyer is the one concerned about sneaking his QB. I don’t know of course. He just screams control freak that won’t own the results. Just about the worst combo for a leader.

On a positive note, kudos for the work on defense to whoever figured that out!

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