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Originally Posted by SenselessChiefsFan
It helps when the play is in on time. A coaches job is to take as much pressure off the players as possible. That includes getting the plays in and letting the QB make a presnap read.
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This is true. I'm just doing my best to be objective. At no time during Cassel's tenure here so far did I ever see him do anything that made me think he was in control of his offense or team, or was a genuine leader or had any football presence. I like telling the story of Trent Green during his first game as a Chief back in 2001. We lost that game to the Raiders, but on our last offensive possession (you might remember Snoop Minnis laying out and catching that TD), there was a play where Trent rolled to his right on a 4th down and short. TRich was open and waving his hands at the marker, but there was a linebacker about to hit him in the back when the ball go there. Trent pointed to the linebacker as he ran and TRich turned and put that linebacker on his butt, allowing trent to scramble for the first. When I saw that play, I knew the Chiefs had somebody special. It takes a good QB to make that throw on the run, and GREAT fullback to catch that ball cleanly while being hit in the back... It takes a GREAT QB to NOT throw that ball, and a genuine leader to actually POINT to the guy he wanted blocked.
Of course, that year Trent became known as TrInt, and his numbers weren't that great. But there were CLEARLY intangibles that made me certain that if we stuck with this guy, we would have an amazing offense.
In his 3 years here, I have yet to see Cassel do anything on the field that has given me a similar feeling. So, even if Orton isn't any better, I don't have a problem with Cassel getting the boot. No problems at all.