Yeah, and thats called giving up on it.They pass on third and short because when we run we don't convert. There is stats to back that up
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What if it's a well done article?You will never win a Pulitzer writing about the ineffectiveness of Brian Schottenheimer's offense.
3rd and short....i cringe.
I would give up to with Wells and Joseph playing as bad as they areYeah, and thats called giving up on it.
He later stated he's no fan of water: "It's wet!".no fan of Rams OC Brian Schottenheimer: “I think he’s horrible.”
I'm not sure where I stand on this. Not yet.
But I wanted to remind people of that article earlier in the year where some reporter was supposedly at a bar with Rams players and they were bad mouthing Schotty. This sound bite suddenly adds credibility to that story.
Like I said, I haven't totally decided where I stand. But when former and current players call the OC trash, it's hard to believe that this is typical "I'm angry! Let's blame the OC!" jibberish we usually hear. He might actually be completely incompetent.
He calls it like he sees it.
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I am sure Shott is not personally horrible, and I do not think anyone means that. But his play calling, adjustment during the game, and overall grasp of being an NFL OC is horrible :very bad.
I also think Fisher is just as guilty for allowing this to happen going on three years now.
Speaking for myself, I don't "passionately" defend Schotty. I do think people tend to overstate his flaws, blame him for all the bad then forget him when it's time to pass out credit for the good.
That said, if Fisher made a change at season's end, I'd neither be surprised nor angry.
It's a complete package thing, I think. You're probably right that he is very knowledgeable about concepts and schemes but being book smart isn't translating to everything else you need to be a successful OC. All the things being mentioned like adjustments, timing, etc., are part of it too and IMO(among others), Schottenheimer is lacking overall.I agree , further I don't so much "defend" Shotty as much as I contend that all the beautiful wildly successful plays the fans devise face imaginary defenses and in the NFL they are real.They say he should have done this and it's no contest it worked in their minds, when I disagree with a call I say so at the time but don't carry the illusion further that I KNOW it would have worked ,IOW I don't consider myself competent to criticize especially to the point I very often call for their heads and tend to believe that all the coaches in the NFL have a level of competence that IF the players buy in and execute ,it will work.
Maybe Shotty sucks but it's my bet that most of his detractors could sit down with him talk to him and come away impressed with his knowledge if they held an open mind.
What is more IF we bring Bradford back ,are we going to force him to learn a new offense ,isn't the number of OC's he's had been the " spin" on why he hasn't flourished after being OROY.
There has NEVER been a coach in St.Louis who hasn't had his share of critics ,many the day they were hired and FWIW critics always voice themselves far more "passionately" than defenders ..
If you block better and tackle better you win and I will say this I was impressed with how we tackled last week ,hopefully tomorrow we tackle Manning A LOT.