The decisons Green makes with players I cannot except. When he kept jerking McCown in favor of King. The benching of Macklin then starting Ware over him. The cutting of LJ Shelton and bringing in Oliver when Shelton would have been a much better RT. I won't bring up Kendall on this board but is much better than Step. I do think the oline is in better shape now in week 12 but a little to late.
I would personally like to keep the staff in tack bring in Fassell whom we had our best offense under him.
Also great to have you back again KofC.
I agree...
This team is looking much better, but you have to question why they looked bad at the beginning.
I think it's pretty obvious that the coaching staff is terrible preparing for games and making adjustment during games. My girlfriend watched her first full NFL game against the Bears. She was right about 90% of all plays guessing if it was a run or a pass. That's scary! That wouldn't change if Green stays, although a new OC has helped.
IMO the biggest reason why Green should go is his suspect personal decisions and his ridiculous preference for "Green guys". Oliver Ross is the best example of that.
Ross was a decent frontside OT in the arguably most run-oriented offense in the league. Most believe that he would be a guard in a normal system, because he isn't the greatest pass-protector.
Green targeted him to play T not G in one of the most pass-oriented offenses in the league. Ross struggles, but Green defends him time and time again, because he's a "Green Guy".
Ross continues to struggle - indirectly leading to Leinart starting. Now, Ross is not only a G playing OT in a pass-oriented offense - he's a G protecting the blindside in a passing offense!
The result was of course inevitable. Ross couldn't handle that task and gets benched. But Ross not only gets benched - he goes into Green's doghouse. So instead of sliding Ross to G for the injured Milford, Green goes with Liwienski, another "Green Guy" that wasn't even good enough to get on the final roster in Minesota. Why? We weren't bidding against ourselves for Ross' services. Several teams were interested in him as a G, why not play Ross a guard.
Other suspect decisions:
- Sticking with Step waay to long
- playing Wells at the worst position possible (a finesse O-lineman with the best techinque on the team playing the most run-oriented position on the team)
- playing Griffith as pass-oriented FS, when he's always played SS. I like Griffith, but if the coaching staff insists on playing Adrian on the line, then he must go. He simply too slow. If they want to keep this scheme, then Griffith should be replaced by Francisco or Ware. OR if they want to keep Grifith, then move him to SS with Adrian sliding to WLB.
