Quote:I'll preface this by saying, I'm not sure what I'd expect him to say otherwise, but I still get a bad feeling when I watch Olson's press. The most tangible info I'm getting from the OTAs are whenever Blake gets to speak into a microphone. He seems to grasp what's going on, where the deficiencies are and how he's progressing to make improvement. I firmly believe he gets it, and is getting at it. The rest seems like so much smoke up our skirts.

 

I really want to get hyped along with all the tweets, but that's what I do every year at this time.

 

Let's get back to Olson. Maybe he's just got a bad media presence, or maybe I'm still holding on too much to my resentment during the initial hire, however our O-line was the most horrible part of our team last year. It wasn't just that we were young, or we wouldn't have cut Fisch when we did. Yet all I hear are the positives, the excitement, the hope for the coming season from Greg. Of course that's what he's supposed to be saying right now, and for some reason it's easier to believe from Babich's side of the field, because that's where we had some strength last season. I guess I feel that our new OC should be identifying where our weaknesses are and have a plan of attack to correct them. Instead, he seems to be happy with where the players are, trying his best to make them feel comfortable, and thinks we're really close to where we need to be.. what is that? What happened between the end of last season and the beginning of OTAs that made his job so easy?

 

Ultimately, it'll come down to Blake, and Luke, and Yeldon, and our Defense. It's the players, not the plays that'll net us success. I just already get the idea that Olson's an empty suit out there. If anyone is actually 'on the ground' who can help me see this differently, let me know. I wanna get hyped up, I really do, but I've just been burned too many times before.