Did Herm take the leash off Solari?

[FringeNC]

I don't think Solari is as stupid as many think -- I think Herm finally let him call the game today.

[irishjayhawk]

I've always felt Solari might be the bigger scapegoat.

[Eleazar]

They've been throwing the ball all over for a while now.

[FringeNC]

Originally Posted by Cochise

They've been throwing the ball all over for a while now.

Yeah, but not until we got way behind. We were throwing with the lead today.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by FringeNC

Yeah, but not until we got way behind. We were throwing with the lead today.

The play calling has not been conservative lately. I don't think Herm wants to run the ball all the time. I think he's conservative when it comes to making decisions like whether to try to move the ball before the half or what to do on third down or long yardage. But in a neutral situation, I don't think he is any more conservative than average.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Or, just maybe, Solari finally decided to call a game like his job depends on it.

Which it does.

[dtebbe]

Yes, leash is off, and ball-gag is in.

Bring out the gimp

DT

[dj56dt58]

Or maybe Solari grew some balls finally and told herm to **** off?

[CupidStunt]

The season's over ... that's why they're (whoever it is) not coaching like pussies.

[Fly O.T. McWall]

i wondered that myself.

[Iowanian]

All I know is I'd have prefered to see 1 or 2 of these plays in every game....instead of saving them all for this one.

Teams are rushing like a mofo because the oline struggles....use screens....duh.

PA passes, flea flickers, fake reverse....

The play calling today has at least been creative.

[trndobrd]

This was the first time this year that I wasn't able to guess with 98% accuracy whether the next play would be a run or a pass.

Herm's normal idea of offensive balance until today seemed to be one incomplete pass, followed by 15 running plays, followed by 14 desperation passes.

[whoman69]

Solari may as well wear a dog collar and the leather pants with no buttcheeks the way that Herm has leashed him since he took over. You can't just change the way you went through training camp and the way you've practiced over most of a season and expect miracle changes. This team has practiced to be a smash-mouth run it up the gut team without having the personnel for it. We also don't have the personnel for airing it down the field either. Solari gave Herm what he wanted. Unfortunately Herm forgot to ask for the players to do so.

Solari is a good Oline coach, but who know about OC because he's never been allowed to be one. We need to clean house on this coaching staff and front office, and then clean house on the field. Despite all the preaching Herm has done about getting younger we still have 17 players over 30, nearly a third of the total team, more if you consider the active roster.

Too many of CPs choices have been busts, so we need to hold onto veterans longer than we should. I think Carl has read too much press about his ability to find good picks on the 2nd day, that he has been trying to get sleeper picks on the 1st day. He never did learn the lesson of draft value. Too many times we've seen him reach for a player that Carl thinks is a good third round value so he drafts them in the 2nd, failing to realize that they would have held out until the 5th round. Twice he has given up draft picks to get a coach. He doesn't seem to realize the value of the draft because the draft has been nearly worthless to us.

[BigRock]

It's amazing how much better an offense can look when the QB isn't on his back all day.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by BigRock

It's amazing how much better an offense can look when the QB isn't on his back all day.

yep ..... and amazing how much better the Oline can do at keeping the QB off his back when the other team has to READ the play instead of just knowing what is coming.