Quote: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...

 

I disagree...  These players, for the most part are all young.  We got rid of most of our vets and blew up the entire team when Gus took over.  In addition to that, we're playing this seattle defense that needs to be coached and properly implemented.

 

I think you assume that just because these guys played college ball, they are all completely formed players that you can plug and play with little coaching.

 

That's not how this works.  Especially given that the Seattle 3 deep zone system is not what any of these players were used to playing before they got here.  So yeah, I totally disagree with what you're saying here.

 

You are correct that nobody knows what goes on during film sessions and subsequent practices, but are you gonna sit there with a straight face and say that you are confident that our players are getting the most out of their time under Gus?

 

The regression that we've seen from almost every player (besides Lee) is not some freak accident.  Think it through.

---