Chiefs Players: Don't Blame Herm

[Fish]

Originally Posted by dirk digler

First, Fish I don't hate Herm he is a good guy just a horrible head coach.

Second, I find it funny that it took Herm 3 years and an embarrassing playoff loss to figure out that R2P2 doesn't work. We all know why they changed the offense. It was because Thigpen sucks when he is under center we witnessed first hand against Atlanta and then in spot duty in a few other games before he became the starter.

Third, it is my belief that they would immediately switch back to R2P2 if they had a QB that could play under center. Chiefzilla is correct when he says that Herm and Chan have similar philosophies on that.

I will give some credit for them changing it up but let's not fool ourselves that it came out of some sort of enlightened process. It was born out of necessity...period.

I agree with most of that. But I don't think we'll ever go back to R2P2. Never as bad as what we saw in 06-07 anyway. We may end up taking a pocket passer and running more from under center, but I don't think we'll ever be back to that nastiness. I've seen too much creativity with the few tools we have now to think that a better QB and a few linemen could drag us down to R2P2 level. If we keep Thigpen, then we'll continue with some form of the spread. If we draft a first round traditional pocket passer, then that alone will bring the offense above R2P2 level.

And I don't care if it was born out of necessity. Many great things in the NFL come about that way.