Al Saunders - Page 3

blueballs · 05-06-2006, 05:46 PM

Al Saunders won a Super Bowl with the Rams. Then came to Kansas City with Vermeil along with some other of the Rams staff. He was named the OC and they brought in Rams QB Trent Green. He had one of the top offenses in the league for 4 years.

Now he is the OC in Washington with back up QB Todd Collins and practice squad phenom Richard Smith.

Can Saunders strike gold a third time? If so how long will it take? Have other coaches gone on to success with their third team?

Questions that need answers or opinions.

burt · 05-06-2006, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

I think Saunders is going to excel in Washington, at least for the short term. He has a very solid veteran QB, a RB that will shred in the zone blocking scheme we used with Priest, and a stable of WRs that is 10x what KC had. They also have two solid tackles to bookend the O-line, and an H-back that is everything that Kris Wilson was supposed to be.

It's not like he's walking into an empty kitchen. The cupboard is stocked, he just has to start cooking.

and he will rebuild the system....make it good....but call shitty offense.

DomerNKC · 05-06-2006, 09:13 PM

and if they stock the offensive cupboard like they did here and forget the defense, they will fare as well as we did. 10-6 watching the playoffs with all of our offensive awards.

burt · 05-06-2006, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DomerNKC

and if they stock the offensive cupboard like they did here and forget the defense, they will fare as well as we did. 10-6 watching the playoffs with all of our offensive awards.

Okay, I love you again.....forget the gerbil comments....simply disregard

milkman · 05-06-2006, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DomerNKC

and if they stock the offensive cupboard like they did here and forget the defense, they will fare as well as we did. 10-6 watching the playoffs with all of our offensive awards.

I don't think that Joe Gibbs is anywhere near as out of touch with defense as Dick was.

He also has a real DC to work with that D.

blueballs · 05-06-2006, 09:18 PM

Although it is the NFC, he is in another rough division. Just like KC if Brunell goes down, he has not been as injury free as Trent, they have little back up. Collins and a Bengals 7th rounder from last year.

DomerNKC · 05-06-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SideWinder

I don't think that Joe Gibbs is anywhere near as out of touch with defense as Dick was.

He also has a real DC to work with that D.

joe gibbs has some sense. dan snyder is the one to worry about. he will ruin everything.

jspchief · 05-06-2006, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DomerNKC

and if they stock the offensive cupboard like they did here and forget the defense, they will fare as well as we did. 10-6 watching the playoffs with all of our offensive awards.

They're already light years ahead of our defense.

burt · 05-06-2006, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

They're already light years ahead of our defense.

Who isn't.....

milkman · 05-06-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by blueballs

Although it is the NFC, he is in another rough division. Just like KC if Brunell goes down, he has not been as injury free as Trent, they have little back up. Collins and a Bengals 7th rounder from last year.

I think you're forgetting about Jason Campbell.

DomerNKC · 05-06-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

They're already light years ahead of our defense.

so are 8 out of ten high school teams

**noa** · 05-06-2006, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by blueballs

Although it is the NFC, he is in another rough division. Just like KC if Brunell goes down, he has not been as injury free as Trent, they have little back up. Collins and a Bengals 7th rounder from last year.

I think they should ditch Brunell after this year and go with Campbell. Having said that, I'm not so sure it matters that much who is throwing the ball for them. Their receiving corps is outstanding and Portis is good, but the real difference Saunders is going to make is with Chris Cooley. He should turn Cooley into an unstoppable player because Saunders is good at designing plays to create or exploit mismatches, which will be easy to do with a player like Cooley. Saunders is the perfect fit for this offense, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were a top 5 offense for years to come, even when they go through their necessary QB change.

hypersensitiveZO6 · 05-06-2006, 09:29 PM

blueballs · 05-06-2006, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SideWinder

I think you're forgetting about Jason Campbell.

ah shit

milkman · 05-06-2006, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by blueballs

ah shit

That's alright.

It's hard to concentrate with blue balls.

bringbackmarty · 05-06-2006, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

Al Saunders may have been the best OC in the NFL, but that doesn't mean he didn't have faults. And there were definately times when his play calling was bad, most often when he would get away from an effective running attack to inexplicably start throwing the ball. I think he sometimes tried to hard to outsmart the opponent when it wasn't neccessary.

That being said, I can't see how anyone would be glad to see him gone. It's clear he had an overall positive effect on the Chiefs.

bingo!

05-06-2006, 05:46 PM
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05-06-2006, 09:18 PM	#35
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