Catfish
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With the exception of the QB position, this is the most talented 53 man roster this organization has fielded here in Arizona. It is not only talented, but the with few exceptions, the talent runs deep.
That being said-----I am amazed at the misuse, and abuse heaped upon this roster by the coaching staff.
1. The almost complete inability to put players into a situation that plays to their strengths is abhoring. What kind of mentality builds a run-first O-line, then almost exclusively uses it to pass-protect?
2. Why does the HC insist on being his own offensive coordinator. Is that the only way he feels comfortable on this team? If so, then why are we keeping him as a HC? Sadly, the very best head-coaching performance he has made, was back in '08, when he told the players to bring their 'big boy pads to practice' on the way home from the debacle in the snow in NE. Whiz's play calling at the beginning of games is so very predictable, that I have been able to call each play of the first series in advance for the last three games. Sadly, our best offensive coordinator is now the head coach in KC, and I predict a terrible beating waiting for us in KC next Sunday.
3. Why does this coaching staff allow the same horrible play, and the same horrible mistakes to occur from the same players week after week after week? I am talking about the obvious continuous goofs, and failures by out team leaders, not the occasional blown assignment by a rookie or a youngster. How can Bryan Robinson, and Adrian Wilson, be allowed to start, (and fail), game after game, while we bench or inactivate young, hardworking and successful players like Gabe Watson, Daryl Washington, Tim Hightower, Beanie Wells, Alan Branch, etc. for the least little infraction?
4. How can a head coach, (who himself was a TE in this league), fail so miserably year after year at the TE position? We totally waste 4 positions on the 53 man roster with inept TE's. We seldom utilize them in the passing game, and almost never use them to block or help out our O-line.
5. When we have an opponent in third and long, (and desparately need to get our defense off the field), why do we almost exclusively play soft zone coverage with our corners, when their strengths are to play tight man, stride for stride.
6. Why do we continue to utilize, (and wear down), our already old and tired starting OLB's on obvious running plays, when we have fresh young talent on the roster who could be performing those tasks?
7. And maybe the most damning of all, why would we run the PROVEN best QB on the roster out of town two weeks before the start of the new season schedule. He may not have been the second coming of Kurt Warner, BUT he was so far and away the best talent on this roster that the decision to do so is absolutely mind boggling.
All this would not be so hard to take, IF our front office had not done such a remarkable job of reloading our roster after the huge losses sufferred immediately after the end of last season and the beginning of free agency this year. That is truly the saddest part of this whole mess. Mitch got it right when he said that this is the most talented 53 man roster we have had here in Arizona. Not only did we reload with an obvious plan, but we cleared vast amounts of money from the payroll as well. We are truly set to be able to go into the future after they fix the collective bargaining situation, (with the exception of QB of course), and we have the money to fix that too, SO, why is this staff being allowed to totally ignore that plan, and misuse the talent we have accumulated?
That being said-----I am amazed at the misuse, and abuse heaped upon this roster by the coaching staff.
1. The almost complete inability to put players into a situation that plays to their strengths is abhoring. What kind of mentality builds a run-first O-line, then almost exclusively uses it to pass-protect?
2. Why does the HC insist on being his own offensive coordinator. Is that the only way he feels comfortable on this team? If so, then why are we keeping him as a HC? Sadly, the very best head-coaching performance he has made, was back in '08, when he told the players to bring their 'big boy pads to practice' on the way home from the debacle in the snow in NE. Whiz's play calling at the beginning of games is so very predictable, that I have been able to call each play of the first series in advance for the last three games. Sadly, our best offensive coordinator is now the head coach in KC, and I predict a terrible beating waiting for us in KC next Sunday.
3. Why does this coaching staff allow the same horrible play, and the same horrible mistakes to occur from the same players week after week after week? I am talking about the obvious continuous goofs, and failures by out team leaders, not the occasional blown assignment by a rookie or a youngster. How can Bryan Robinson, and Adrian Wilson, be allowed to start, (and fail), game after game, while we bench or inactivate young, hardworking and successful players like Gabe Watson, Daryl Washington, Tim Hightower, Beanie Wells, Alan Branch, etc. for the least little infraction?
4. How can a head coach, (who himself was a TE in this league), fail so miserably year after year at the TE position? We totally waste 4 positions on the 53 man roster with inept TE's. We seldom utilize them in the passing game, and almost never use them to block or help out our O-line.
5. When we have an opponent in third and long, (and desparately need to get our defense off the field), why do we almost exclusively play soft zone coverage with our corners, when their strengths are to play tight man, stride for stride.
6. Why do we continue to utilize, (and wear down), our already old and tired starting OLB's on obvious running plays, when we have fresh young talent on the roster who could be performing those tasks?
7. And maybe the most damning of all, why would we run the PROVEN best QB on the roster out of town two weeks before the start of the new season schedule. He may not have been the second coming of Kurt Warner, BUT he was so far and away the best talent on this roster that the decision to do so is absolutely mind boggling.
All this would not be so hard to take, IF our front office had not done such a remarkable job of reloading our roster after the huge losses sufferred immediately after the end of last season and the beginning of free agency this year. That is truly the saddest part of this whole mess. Mitch got it right when he said that this is the most talented 53 man roster we have had here in Arizona. Not only did we reload with an obvious plan, but we cleared vast amounts of money from the payroll as well. We are truly set to be able to go into the future after they fix the collective bargaining situation, (with the exception of QB of course), and we have the money to fix that too, SO, why is this staff being allowed to totally ignore that plan, and misuse the talent we have accumulated?