Quote:I get that.  But you are assuming this coaching staff is actually doing those types of things... I honestly have my doubts as to how much actual "coaching" these players are getting.  

 

Seriously, when you see regression all around, you can't just take for granted that these coaches are taking their time to actually explain properly the expectations and positioning the players need to be in during "x" scenario.  Do you honestly beleive, that after 4 years of this 3 deep scheme, where players are still constantly out of position and getting burned, that this coaching staff is properly breaking down game film and then translating that to practices where they hash out the failures they've seen on film?

 

I don't.  I think film day is spent talking about stuff, then they get out on the field and "rah rah" and go throw the motions in a manner that is not intensive or conducive to encouraging muscle memory and instinctual reaction to scenarios.  

 

If we had a legitimate coaching staff, I think I'd agree with your point a bit more than I do right now, just based on the complete ineptitude of this staff.

These players are not beginners...They know the rules, they know where to to line up, they know where the time clock is so they don't get a delay of game and yet it still happens...Fowler knows he's not supposed to punch people, whoever it was that took his helmet off and yelled at the ref knows that is unsportsman like conduct, Cyp knows where to line up on a kickoff...These kind of things happening shouldn't be on coaching, the players know this since they started playing as a kid... I would say Bortles is in a slump, but the players still have been around long enough to know their routes, blocking assignments, etc. and yet fail to do it...I understand where you are coming from but I can't believe that anything and everything is the fault of the coaches...The coach is bad yeah, but at some point in time the players have to be blamed for not doing their jobs correctly when they know what is expected of them....

 

As far as what happens in the film room or anywhere in "practice"  no one knows what happens or doesn't happen other than the people there...We can guess all we want to but thats all we can do, we will never know if we are right or not...

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