(09-16-2024, 01:10 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: I started the season at "ice cold" and I'm now sitting at "pretty warm"

It's just very telling how he acts in his press conferences these days. No emotion, no fire, no accountability even. And when he does get asked a hard question he gets angry and deflects. More than just typical "coach speak" with it. There's a stark contrast between Trevor's post game press conference and Doug's.

And I do wonder if Trevor's "if you don't like getting called out for a mistake then maybe you should find a different job" comment was a subtle jab at anyone in particular. Idk. But Trevor seems pissed off and like he wants to actually fix this, Doug just seems like "aw man, well this stinks" It's very off-putting to the fans to see him have no answers for anything and what seems like minimal urgency about it right now.

To me the issue is that it was claimed that Doug was an scheme / X's-and-O's guy. Those guys love to problem solve and tinker to fix issues and never give up on the solving the problem.

Except since the beginning of last year, even during the 8-3 start, he keeps harping on execution and not making mistakes. That and answering play calling questions. 

If you are actually a scheme type guy like Reid, Shannahan-tree, etc., you should be self scouting to have a scheme to fit your players. Or get players who can fit your schemes, but nearly everyone on the roster was acquired after Pederson got here --- he helped picked them. If you are a scheme guy, then you should know the scheme and plan before to where the precise play calling shouldn't matter as much as it had.

I've never gotten the sense that he is doing that. Heck they are playing the same way they ended last year. If he was going to find solutions, plans (B, C, D, E, F), he had a whole off season to do it and it hasn't happened yet.

Basically I started the season with his seat at "warm with the potential of spontaneous fire". At this point the seat is full in a blaze of a fire and they are just trying to keep it under control before it burns down the rest of the house.

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