(09-29-2022, 09:49 AM)Mikey Wrote:  attempts to jump the snap, or a costly hold. Those are coachable fixes. As others have said, I think that Doug and Press are doing well to scheme to our strengths, or maybe to veil some of our weaknesses. Taylor may be asked to do less now that he has a top tier guy beside him, or the play doesn't require 4 seconds to develop.

This is what any coach should do, instead we've had coaches try to shoehorn players into positions they are not good at/should never be in (Myles Jack, Matt Jones, and the player a few years back whose position was Offensive Weapon (?!?!), etc.) We've had coaches who insist on running 3-4 or 4-3 without having the right players to do it. Then we had the dumb as hell Tim Tebow experiment last year. 

I realize it's not as easy as a coach coming in and having or being able to aquire the players he needs to run the team he wants. I also realize coaches have specific strengths be it on offense or defense so if an offensive heavy coach comes to a team that was previously coached by a defensive heavy coach that will be tough to reconcile. 

It seems, so far anyway, that Doug is able to make adjustments where necessary to do just what you said; scheme to our strengths or veil our weaknesses. This is what great coaches do, especially when handed a team that has been through what ours has in the last few years. Talk about a Charlie Foxtrot. 

Tomorrow's game is going to tell us a lot about the 2022 team and the coaching staff. I hope it tells us we are firing on all cylinders for the long haul and this isn't a repeat of the 2017 one-and-done.  season.

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