Can’t Blame Koetter
November 15th, 2018
Defends Dirk Koetter
When the Bucs could only work up three points in a loss to the Redskins, a lot of folks tried to make the connection that the culprit was Bucs Bit-O-Honey-snacking, Ozark-watching coach Dirk Koetter (presumably) calling the plays for the first time all season.
Joe could no way go there. The offense rolled up 501 yards. That certainly couldn’t be hung on Koetter.
The subject of Koetter possibly returning playcalling duties to offensive coordinator Todd Monken this Sunday was a subject of discussion on NFL Live this week, seen on BSPN with former NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck and Adam Schefter.
Both were on Koetter’s side when asked if Koetter should hand back the reins of the Bucs offense.
“No, they [put up 501 yards] on the first place team in the NFC East,” Hasselbeck said. “The issue is turnovers. Ryan Fitzpatrick had two bad throws on balls that were picked off. The quarterback fumbled where he is trying to escape. As a play-caller, you are not anticipating a quarterback fumble. You don’t call for a play where the quarterback is trying to escape outside the pocket.
“If I am Dirk, I stay with it.”
Schefter agreed.
“Dirk Koetter is still a good offensive mind,” Schefter said. “He’s among the better play-callers in the league. To say he should never call plays again is a complete overreaction. It’s ridiculous.”
Joe leans toward Hasselbeck and Schefter. First, there was nothing wrong with the job Monken did. Koetter grumbled about the Bucs needed more running plays. Well, that’s easy to say but the Bucs cannot run the ball. They don’t have the horses.
Koetter saying the Bucs need to run the ball more is like some dude in Dixie County saying he wants to run his mule in the Kentucky Derby.
There are many reasons to wag a finger at Koetter this season. Bringing back Mike Smith springs to mind. The way he has blown up the quarterback situation is another. The Bucs are 8-17 since the start of the 2017 season. That will get any coach in hot water.
Koetter’s job last Sunday? He wasn’t the one loafing on blocks, throwing picks, missing kicks and putting the ball on the ground and rolling a snap to the quarterback.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:12 am
Joe,
Koetter was the one scripting plays in the red zone that left Howard on the sidelines. He’s also the guy who’s failed to team fundamental football to this team.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:16 am
I guess we should be separating play-calling prowess from general competence. Coach K didn’t anticipate a career back up QB known for turnovers his whole career would commit turnovers? I KNEW Fitz would commit turnovers, how can the HC not?
November 15th, 2018 at 9:16 am
Agreed, but if he has lost the team…….
November 15th, 2018 at 9:16 am
Joe,
Koetter is the guy who has failed to teach this team fundamental football. That’s why player fumble and bumble around, don’t block, and are lazy. He’s also the guy who failed to have his best red zone play maker (Howard) on the field numerous times last week. I’m not letting him off the hook because the offense put up 500 yards. It’s pretty clear it can do that with Monken as well.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:16 am
If Dirk was such an offensive genius he would establish a running game to take pressure off his QB who has to throw 40+ times a game. He gets all his yardage in between the 20’s and stalls in the red zone.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:18 am
He is the one responsible for getting those guys prepared and better. So he didnt commit those errors but he was definitely responsible for them. If they were a unified, focused TEAM this crap wouldnt be happening every week. Dirk is a bad HC. Has been for years.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:19 am
Koetter’s like an ostrich with his head stuck in the sand. Rather than going over and fixing the real problems we’re having, such as the defense, field goal kicking, and run blocking, he rather stay away from all that and just call offensive plays as if those problems will go away on their own.
We don’t need help with offensive play calling, but that’s what he rather spend his time doing. He even refuses to bring in consultants that know how to fix the problems. Koetter is an offensive coordinator not a head coach. This proves it.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:20 am
Troy:
The main gist of the story is, and Joe is confident you would agree, is that Koetter wasn’t instructing Fitz to be Fitz, didn’t tell Ryan Jensen to go all Garrett Gilkey (thanks Tom!) and for Mike Evans to drop passes not to mention having Catanzaro aim for the east-side seats, etc.
Who Koetter had on the field or didn’t have on the field did not make players pull bonehead plays.
If Koetter did such a sh!tty job, how did the Bucs rack up 501 yards?
November 15th, 2018 at 9:22 am
@BucsFan#7423 – Hear Hear!
November 15th, 2018 at 9:22 am
You blame the guy with the ball in his hand
The guy who’s taking the snaps
You blame the QB
November 15th, 2018 at 9:24 am
Koetter is a great coach. He’s just too loyal to his assistants.
Best scenario is to keep him on, fire the RBs and OL coaches, and completely turnover the defensive coaching staff, allowing the new DC to pick his own guys.
Hire a new QBs coach too. If Monken is the OC, make him ONLY the OC.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:24 am
It always comes down to the person in charge. If someone isn’t getting their job done then they should not be in there. Assistants or players. That is on the head coach. The GM is just a responsible for the Bucs mess as the head coach. Too many failed draft picks. Too many failed free agency pick ups. That’s on the GM. The Bucs don’t seem to be good at evaluating talent or developing talent once they get them.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:26 am
Joe Says:
November 15th, 2018 at 9:20 am
Who Koetter had on the field or didn’t have on the field did not make players pull bonehead plays.
If Koetter did such a sh!tty job, how did the Bucs rack up 501 yards?
@Joe does yardage or score determine wins and losses in the NFL? So the Bucs racked up 501 yards in between the 20s. SO WHAT? It was Koetter’s job to PREPARE THE TEAM TO WIN and those errors you’ve mentioned are proof that they were not, nor hardly ever prepared for games under this current regime. It’s a constant refrain, they get BLOWN out the first half and then make paltry adjustments at the half and end the game with a bunch of useless stats, like 501 yards and 3 pts to show for it.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:26 am
Troy Says
“Koetter is the guy who has failed to teach this team fundamental football.”
Actually, no.
His assistants are the guys who have failed to teach fundamental football. Do you really think any head coach works with every unit on the field, while also running the team logistics, doing required interviews, attending meetings and such?
The issue is not Koetter except for two things: Benching Winston and too loyal to his coaching staff.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:28 am
Ryan Fitzpatrick had two bad throws on balls that were picked off. The quarterback fumbled where he is trying to escape.
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Winston would have been crucified
November 15th, 2018 at 9:29 am
ChanEpic Says
“does yardage or score determine wins and losses in the NFL?”
Normally, yes. When a team controls the clock, they usually win. Unless…the players fail to execute at the end of drives. Which is exactly what is happening.
He’s backing the wrong QB, but the rest of it is on his coaching staff and the players.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:29 am
To say you can’t blame Koetter is LUDICROUS!!!! first off if he is such a genius why is he starting a back up QB and then blaming him for the turnovers??? So your #1 draft pick turns it over to much , so you put in the career backup who never really won any big games then blame him for the reason you can’t score? Really? SMH. Maybe Koetter should stick with being and OC instead of HC. I think he is in way over his head..
November 15th, 2018 at 9:29 am
@Buccaneer Bonzai – Koetter IS NOT a great head coach. He may have been a decent Offensive Coordinator but as a head coach he’s been an unmitigated disaster. His loyalty to assistants is PROOF he isn’t a great coach because great coaches don’t coddle dysfunction and bad results. Doesn’t anyone remember how many games he mismanaged the clock? His loyalty to D. Martin when there was little reason to, his complete mishandling of the development of J Winston, his timid playcalling in crucial times? etc etc etc…
November 15th, 2018 at 9:31 am
They have a point. Schemes put up 500 yards of offense, but players have to score and protect the ball.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:33 am
Joe
It’s just not about a 500 yard and 3 points. It’s about overall he is a bonafide offense coordinator who is way over his head as a coach
Lovie had a top 10 defense and it sucked
Koetter top 3 offense and it sucks
November 15th, 2018 at 9:34 am
Joe,
There is no doubt that Koetter can coach offense. No doubt. And I know he’s not instructing players to make stupid plays, but we have a serious issue with basic fundamentals on this team on both sides of the ball and that’s on the coach because it hasn’t been corrected in 3 years.
My point is this – how many weeks do you have to see Evans drop passes, or Benenoch get his a$$ handed to him, or Jensen make a bone-headed play, or we fumble, before we do basic ball drills with the backs and receivers until their hands go numb? Or one on one blocking drills until your freakin legs feel like their going to fall off? Or one on one tackling drills? Seriously, just getting the simplest things right would help this team so much and it seems lost with Koetter.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:38 am
Totally different story.
This argument is sort of like Joe writing about the Battle of Leyte Gulf and people trying to argue about the Tripartite Pact.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:38 am
Larry Says
“Too many failed draft picks.”
This is a complete falsehood. Jason Licht has one of the highest number of successful drafts during his time as GM.
This doesn’t mean he has been 100% successful…but then, most GMs are not more than 33% successful in the draft, with only a few exceptions. And Jason Licht is at around 65% successful.
The issue is fans mark picks as busts long before they should be, and fans always point to the most obvious failures to support their claims, like the Aguayo pick, and ignore the successes.
Take this year, for example. How many fans have claimed this year was his worse draft ever? That;s complete bull. Every pick was signed to the team. Every pick was intended to have time to acclimate. Nearly every pick was forced into a role they were not ready for yet.
That does not mean they are busts. It just means they need time.
But fans, especially Tampa fans, view each draft as the one that should immediately make a difference, and I’m sorry, but 90% of the time, it doesn’t happen that way.
Take Vita Vea for example. Many are considering him a bad pick. He wasn’t. He got an extremely late start due to injury, and it is taking him time to get acclimated. IT took Warren Sapp more than a year to acclimate and start showing he was worth the pick.
If Warren Sapp were drafted this past draft, the majority of fans would have said Licht should have never drafted him and that Sapp is a bust.
No point in denying that, because the fans prove it every year.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:38 am
Bonzi
You delusional fool there is absolutely NOTHING great about koetter or bucs organization. It’s quit opposite both koetter and bucs organization top to bottom is 100% proven garbage with zero hope for the future. Bucs are embarrassment to sports, football and mankind in general…. cant win with losers for owners and high paid soft doll playing career losers as your highest paid defenders.
Not even koetter mom thinks he is a great coach.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:40 am
bucs should be able to get a 2nd round pick in the draft for Winston,right???
November 15th, 2018 at 9:41 am
dirk shouldve been fired in the offseason….simple as that!!!!!!
luckily, we’ll have a new GM & HC in 2019 who can develop players and fix winston….
Kris Richard 4 HC!!!!!
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!….#PRESSURESONTHECOACHES!!!!…GO BUCS!!!!
November 15th, 2018 at 9:41 am
@Lamarcus, heck Schiano had a top 3 defense and they sucked and he got fired. I honestly don’t get some Buc fans willingness to stick with coach K. This guy STINKS as head coach. Remeber, J Winston has REGRESSED under this coach. D Jax is requesting a trade under this coach. We cannot run the ball under this coach. We have NO IDENTITY on defense under this coach. Many previous Bucs coaches have been canned for way less. This clown is making miss the Schiano / Youngry eras for F’s sake…
November 15th, 2018 at 9:42 am
If Jameis had tried that backwards/forwards pass he would have been booed out of the stadium. But with Fitz, it was smart-guy-from-Harvard-hustling. With Jameis, it would have been dumbass-from-Alabama-trying-to-play-backyard-football.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:44 am
Ok since everyone is all in on Fitz for whatever reason and he seems to walk on water even after bad games and you can’t blame the playcaller fine then I’ll blame the head coach.
With Winston turning it over in the red zone he was 100% blamed for it so I don’t really care this is all on the head coach and quarterback. Because not only does he call plays but he is responsible for the personnel groupings and is basically stupid for his elite right end only getting 2 targets and isn’t using his tall receivers near the red zone
November 15th, 2018 at 9:44 am
@Bonzai – your are spot on re: Vea. But remember we also drafted RoJo and while it may be too early to call him a bust, he definitely represented a draft pick of need, and an impact player at that position was what we thought we’d be getting with a 2nd round pick. Add that to the Arguyo pick and I can see why others consider this draft year a bust because it’s part of an overall bigger trend. But you’re right, some of these labels are going to be proven wrong… WHEN WE GET REAL NFL MINDS here.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:46 am
@ChanEpic
Even if Martin was Koetter’s call, it was the right one at the time. Doug Martin was considered a great teammate before his suspension. He was considered a hard worker. A leader.
If a player like that makes a mistake, he SHOULD get a second chance. No doubt about it.
But…Jason Licht should have prepared for it not working out ahead of time. A mistake, yes, but I have news for you…no GM and no HC is ever going to make only the right calls. It does not happen.
You point to clock management…who cares? Really? He fixed the problem with experience. He learned from those mistakes. But another newsflash…even the best coaches make mistakes in clock management.
After all, the difference between good clock management and bad clock management is the success of 1-3 plays. If the players execute and succeed, what would have been called bad clock management suddenly becomes genius.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:46 am
Winston will be winning playoff games in the near future while classless, low standard bucfan is celebrating basement titles for 2 more decades. Glazers have no intention of fielding a competitive product. They dont have to
November 15th, 2018 at 9:48 am
I don’t care who calls plays at this point. The season is over just like every year.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:49 am
Tony Dungy as GM
John Harbaugh as HC
Teddy Bridgewater as QB
Go get them!
November 15th, 2018 at 9:50 am
@ChanEpic
I view, and have always viewed Rojo as a potential Sims replacement. Their games are similar.
I know how to fix the running game. I say it year after year, but it never happens.
Our RB stable should consist of two hard hitting fullbacks, who run the ball, not just block, a shifty, pass catching runner, and a runner who is a workhorse.
Pound the defensive line in the first quarter with your two hard hitting fullbacks, wear them down, and then turn the other guys loose. Running game will explode and the number of sacks allowed will be reduced, making for better QB play.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:50 am
If there is any blame to be had it should start with Jason Licht.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:50 am
A leader who gets suspended for (using something).
November 15th, 2018 at 9:58 am
Chanepic
Nobody is getting better under Dirk. And we always struggled in red zone since he been hc. Nobody improving.
The Redskins game is Koetter story as HC in a nutshell. Bunch of yards no tds
November 15th, 2018 at 10:01 am
These Fitz/Jameis comparisons are ridiculous. “Smart-guy/dumb-a$$”?! “Crucified”?! That is pure BS unless you’re talking about the fringe, lunatic fans.
You have 2 QBs playing just as crappy as the other. One’s supposed to be a “franchise QB” the other a backup.
Keep trying to make it about anything other than production though. It does entertain!
November 15th, 2018 at 10:05 am
Bucs should do what the Browns did….Bring in a proven GM, let him work with Koetter for a year and see if anything changes. Let Koetter have input on who he wants to COMPETE for the starting QB spot and then let the results speak for themselves. If he doesn’t get the job done with those changes, he’s simply not head coach material but Koetter has inherited a mismatch of players that are grossly overrated all while not having any depth to replace anyone. Seriously, who on the o-line is scared for their job? Nobody….why? Because there’s nobody breathing down their necks for a starting spot. Same with the secondary…who can you replace anyone with, there’s no talent to replace untalented starters. Many of these young guys were gifted starting jobs and it shows. They bank on their draft status to keep them around and probably have agents in their ears telling them if Tampa doesn’t pay them, another team will. Its an absolute cluster of a roster. Licht is by far in over his head and he has no defense. When we fired Lovie, Licht could pick whomever he wished….Licht picked Koetter…He extended Smith…This is all on Licht.
November 15th, 2018 at 10:07 am
Lets see with Monken calling the plays we score 30-40 points per game except Chicago. Average 28.6 points. With Koetter we score 3.
November 15th, 2018 at 10:07 am
@Buccaneer Bonzai I will state the obvious here. You’re a way better man than I. Your ability to pull positives out of the abyss is truly impressive. As for your assertion that clock management has gotten better with experience. I would agree it has gotten better but he is still pulling bush league moves like throwing challenge flags when he knows it will give the team a penalty. How many other coaches get team penalties, for the same thing, multiple times? Holy crap this guys sucks.
November 15th, 2018 at 10:08 am
DB55 Says:
“Ryan Fitzpatrick had two bad throws on balls that were picked off. The quarterback fumbled where he is trying to escape.
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Winston would have been crucified”
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Can NOT argue with you, DB55. — There would have been 500 comments torching Jameis after that game.
November 15th, 2018 at 10:14 am
Time to star at Griffen for few games – let’s see what the kids got
November 15th, 2018 at 10:28 am
Joe,
Ever think Koetter is auditioning for an offensive coordinator role somewhere else because he knows he’s gonna get fired?
November 15th, 2018 at 10:31 am
This argument…
Every offensive coordinator would be a genius if every play was perfectly executed. No coordinator designs a play to fail.
The genius of great play callers/designers is to create plays that are difficult to defend and easily executable. To say that the coach has no responsibility for execution, that this is only on the player doesn’t fly for me.
All said, one of the most important responsibilities of the head coach is to rally the players around a common cause. This requires earned trust. Koetter loves to say about how he is doing everything he can, how the plays are there to make, if they were only executed perfectly. The team would’ve won, if only the QB would cut down on turnovers, (no concession given for throwing for 4 tds, lets just highlight the two turnovers as the direct reason for the loss and do it publicly).
We as fans see this 16 Sundays a season, but for a player this is his full time job. Most of us have had bosses like this. How does it work out and what was that culture like?
I know we as fans don’t know what really is going on, but all we can do is base our opinions based on what we are presented and the results. All I see is disfunction, mistrust and unfulfilled expectations.
November 15th, 2018 at 10:36 am
We need defense and more importantly defense. I’m done with the franchise quarterback and people’s opinion about what’s a franchise quarterback. If you don’t have defense it doesn’t matter who playing quarterback. Me personally I think Winston is good enough for this team to win. But if you don’t give him a defense then it doesn’t matter if he plays good . If they go draft a rookie you don’t know if he’s going to anything. At least Winston went 9 n 7 with a 18 or top 10 defense I for got where the defense was ranked at the time. But I do know
November 15th, 2018 at 10:39 am
I do know that this is a defense draft more than offence.
November 15th, 2018 at 10:52 am
Dirk is perfect…for the CFL
November 15th, 2018 at 11:01 am
Just more excuses / bottom line he cant win in this league
November 15th, 2018 at 11:08 am
Koetter is NOT a head coach and never has been. He is a well above average OC who has showed no interest in the D or ST. He has admitted to that on numerous occasions through some of his comments at pressers ie I don’t get involved with the D, etc. My God- He KEPT Mike Smith! A blind man could see Smithwas going no place fast with the D. A HC is responsible for everything that goes on with his team- not just the offense. I would support him being kept as an OC but not as HC. How many times does he have to admit that he doesn’t know how to fix problems before you realize he is in over his head? He has to go as HC. Period.
November 15th, 2018 at 11:11 am
The problem in the past years has been Red Zone efficiency. The problem last week was Red Zone efficiency. What do those two things have in common? You know the answer. I hear a lot of “if so and so had..” . Also a theme from the past years. The one I like is “If Winston had done this he would have been torched!” . Fitz= journeyman. We expect mediocre play from him. It goes with out saying he’s going to do this kind of thing. Winston= #1 overall Draft Pick making GOOD money. We expect AND REQUIRE him to play better. He’s is no better than when he came out of college. Flashback to the National Championship Playoff vs Oregon. Trying to make a crap throw with a guy wrapping him up. We have actually seen this very SAME thing from Winston time and time again. Still targeting the same WR over and over. He has proven he can’t stop doing those things. He can’t hit the WR with most 40+ yrd plays in NFL history with a long ball (ok he hit ONE a couple of weeks ago, but I suspect if given enough chances so could Nathan Peterman).
November 15th, 2018 at 11:38 am
Koetter is more of a head coach than Licht is a GM, or Jameis is a QB. Koetter ain’t cutting it, but for chrissakes the GM and QB have disappointed more.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:02 pm
I agree with Bonzai: Keep Koetter, get a new OL coach, make Monken the dedicated OC/playcaller, and completely gut the defense, top to bottom, coaches and players.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:06 pm
Koetter has got to go. Probably a good guy to have a brew with but if you permit loafing like his OL has done you condone loafing. I think the players actually like Koetter because he’s not demanding. He’s a players coach as they say but he isn’t going to get the very best out of each guy. These guys seem to be ok with it because they get paid anyway.
Jim Harbaugh has taken trash along the way and built winners every time. For me he’s the only real candidate. Jim Harbaugh has played QB in the NFL and he turned Alex Smith around and Kaepernick was playing at a high level under Harbaugh. I’m betting he can get to Winston too. Do what it takes Glazers and get the feelers out on Jim Harbaugh leaving Michigan for the NFL.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:09 pm
Once upon a time some writers made excuses like this for Greg Schiano…..
“Koetter’s job last Sunday? He wasn’t the one loafing on blocks, throwing picks, missing kicks and putting the ball on the ground and rolling a snap to the quarterback.”
November 15th, 2018 at 12:17 pm
Hey Joe
“A leader who gets suspended for (using something).”
Is this like the “Franchise QB getting suspend for (doing something)” then he is just supposed to step right in and again be the teams Leader?
November 15th, 2018 at 12:34 pm
“Ever think Koetter is auditioning for an offensive coordinator role somewhere else because he knows he’s gonna get fired”
Maybe so, but if I’m a GM I ain’t hiring a guy who puts up 3 points as my OC.
All you have to do is look at Dork’s (and Smitty’s) work in ATL. That will tell you everything you need to know.
As for Jason Licht, other than Chucky and Lovie..how many teams pick a HC to have them pick the GM? It was weird at the time and in both cases you see what you get.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:36 pm
Anybody who thinks Koetter (or Licht) should be retained..please contact me. I need to get some of what you’re smoking.
November 15th, 2018 at 12:55 pm
Dirk and his play calling has put this team in position to win in every game this year with the exception of Chicago which is all that you can ask. They have lost at least 2 and likely 3 games because of turnovers. If they simply hold onto the ball in those games we have a winning record now and everyone thinks he’s a hero. Overcoming-19 turnover margin would be difficult for even Bill Bellichear. Difference is that Bill wouldn’t tolerate it.
November 15th, 2018 at 1:46 pm
‘Dirk and his play calling has put this team in position to win in every game this year with the exception of Chicago which is all that you can ask’
I thought Monken was calling plays up until last week?
November 15th, 2018 at 2:58 pm
Jmarkbuc: my point is that it’s not the scheme or play calling. You are correct that Monken called plays for most of the year but I defy you to show a difference. Turnovers are the fault of the players.
November 15th, 2018 at 4:54 pm
At some point you have to blame players.
Why all the angst about the offense? That is NOT a problem on this team, whether Fitzpatrick or Winston.
Players cause turnovers.
Y’all should be highly pi$$ed at the D. O plays one poor game, the players fumble and kick the game away…against the #4 defense in the NFL, keep in mind… and you get The Vapors.
If this defense is even average the Bucs are 6-3 at worse.
November 15th, 2018 at 5:16 pm
you gotta be on drugs to want to entertain the thought of keeping kotter lmao
November 15th, 2018 at 6:07 pm
keeping Dirt is not am option nothing will change you will be doing te dame whining next year not to mention losing the fan base so eat shiit Bozi
November 15th, 2018 at 6:09 pm
Bucs cant pound thee own meat with out a flag Bozieeeeeeeeeeee
November 15th, 2018 at 6:14 pm
Some of u guys don’t get it this team is not responded to this guy period . both quarterbacks are carless with the ball and they do what they want when they want and don’t care what this joke of a coach says period
November 15th, 2018 at 7:17 pm
The first interception was a stupid call- using Howard as decoy to set up a 3rd
string rb as receiver.
“Don’t have the horses”- disagree- they don’t have scheme or OLine coach to be successful running- I could care less about past reputations- OLine stinks
November 15th, 2018 at 7:31 pm
I’m starting to think Koetter is just full of it…
Before the season he talked about 125 yards per game rushing-
Either he doesn’t know how to scheme a running game, or he has delegated the task to other coaches and is only involved in passing game strategy- we already know he doesn’t coach defense.
November 15th, 2018 at 8:06 pm
First INT is an indication of how coaching affects a play call. That play should’ve been checked down to Humphreys…. and if this was a Winston throw (similar to the first INT in Cinci), most media would’ve broken this play down and highlighted how open the underneath was and how poor his decision making is.
BUT THEN LISTEN….
Fitz made a point during the postgame (or postblame as I first typed) interview to mention that this was a play they installed and worked on during the week. He was coached to look for that throw. The play was barely open, but the throw was very, very high risk. If he would’ve executed perfectly, touchdown, but he truly missed Hump who had a free run to the 5. This is the offense.
November 15th, 2018 at 9:43 pm
BSPN has is the equivalent to a Russian troll farm. Just an awful and bad take. Fire Licht! Can Koetter!
November 15th, 2018 at 10:06 pm
These bspn clowns don’t know this team like we the fans do, they just look at numbers and make uneducated comments. Dig a little deeper into it if you wanna sound like you know koetter.
November 16th, 2018 at 8:42 am
We will be set back another decade with a head coaching change. We have already read this chapter three times with Morris, Schiano, Smith (2009-2015). Do we really want to go another 7 years trying to find a 4th coach in 10 years? This is not how business or teams become successful. On the other hand… we can afford a change at the GM position, Defensive Coordinator position, and possible with some position coaches… but we cannot afford to install another team philosophy via another head coach. Another unsuccessful attempt to right this ship and we are sailing to Europe! Meet your Manchester Buccaneers!