Good coaches ADAPT

[Boltx]

Look at Denver...they ran a bunch of plays out of the pistol Sunday night to try to see if they could jumpstart their offense. While they didn't set the world on fire, it did seem to help things a bit but at least they're trying something different because clearly what they had been doing the first two games on offense was even worse. Took them 2 games to realize this.

Will McCoy/Reich ever do something similar? I mentioned in the Cincy thread that we waited until the 4th quarter to run our first screen against their over-aggressive defensive front. It's like these guys have tunnel vision in terms of what plays to run. I realize the OL injuries may limit what plays can be called...but you can also make the argument that a good coach would also try to change things up to better mask his players' deficiencies. Reich does NONE of this. Not sure how much control McCoy has over the overall offensive gameplan but in being passive he just self-fulfills the Milktoast moniker.

I am souring way fast on this entire staff. Nothing has changed in the last 5+ years. And dare I say it...this team is almost boring to watch on top of everything else.

[OhioBolt]

Did you mean to title this Good Coaches Adapt or should it be Our Coaches Are Good At Being Inept

[homeless simpson]

Rivera and Whiz's units were fairly similar in that neither one really did anything fancy but looking back at both of them now, it wasn't so much that they were better at adapting, they were just better at minimizing damage.

Those two were the closest things we had that resembled being fundamentallly sound. Now we're just flashbacks of the mental midgets of 2012

[Mister Hoarse]

Mental Midgets of 2012 sounds like an old timey Musical.

[Gwynning_Spirit]

The way they're playing right now, I'd call their musical Springtime for Shitler.

[6025]

We were told that adapting was a strength of McCoy.

[Steve]

We have been running the pistol. Several plays each game.

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

We were told that adapting was a strength of McCoy.

Adapt, adopt...

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

We have been running the pistol. Several plays each game.

But not the eye formation and not hardly anything with Rivers under Center.

[RollingThunder]

This has been my biggest issue with Reich, he may be "decent" when everything is perfect and everyone is healthy but as soon as anything breaks down, the guy refuses to adapt to the situation or does so poorly in some feeble attempt.

That being said, while I still think that Mccoy is a good head coach, if he doesn't adapt himself and realize the problem with Reich, then he deserves the blame that he is getting. He needs to take over the offensive play calling and replace Reich asap.

A good leader admits his mistakes and quickly takes actions to correct them before more damage is done.

[Steve]

How do you adapt from our OL not being able to block? What is the alternative? You have some other way to get people blocked, you know besides having someone try and block them?

[MakoShark]

How do you adapt from our OL not being able to block? What is the alternative? You have some other way to get people blocked, you know besides having someone try and block them?

Drop the zone blocking, finesse bullshit, challenge their manhood and go back to a basic power blocking technique? I'm just throwing a turd on the table for shits and grins.