Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:10 pm
A good overall summary that is hard to take issue with or to add to.
I can't comment on the sloppy practices but there is a question mark with respect to offensive leadership and the jelling of the offensive coaches with the QBs and the whole offence. I don't think this has occurred yet.
It was uncharacteristically poor of Dickenson after the opener in Toronto to question the OC by committee approach and not look at personal performance first and foremost.
The offence needs to work through the issues of missed receivers and dropped balls and changes to short yardage play calling as a team that sees itself as a work in progress that will get better game by game.
What I know about players and coaches is that both need to be on the same page or you get mixed results like they are getting now. This team is not yet on offence on the same page as the defensive side is. That needs to change fast.
Possibly Wally should have put his foot down on his QB when he went public about the OC by committee as he has not been afraid to do so when others yap off yet not do their job right. He needs to be tough
Winning can mask things but it is nice to be 4 and 0 with problems that are fixable rather than the Ti-cats at 0 and 4 with issues like they have and a hole that is rather large to get out of.
I don't yet see signs of cracking in team solidarity yet with the offence but it is a risk of course when some aren't getting the ball.
The good news is that the whole offence needs work and that is positive so it is not just finger pointing at the QB.
I can't comment on the sloppy practices but there is a question mark with respect to offensive leadership and the jelling of the offensive coaches with the QBs and the whole offence. I don't think this has occurred yet.
It was uncharacteristically poor of Dickenson after the opener in Toronto to question the OC by committee approach and not look at personal performance first and foremost.
The offence needs to work through the issues of missed receivers and dropped balls and changes to short yardage play calling as a team that sees itself as a work in progress that will get better game by game.
What I know about players and coaches is that both need to be on the same page or you get mixed results like they are getting now. This team is not yet on offence on the same page as the defensive side is. That needs to change fast.
Possibly Wally should have put his foot down on his QB when he went public about the OC by committee as he has not been afraid to do so when others yap off yet not do their job right. He needs to be tough
Winning can mask things but it is nice to be 4 and 0 with problems that are fixable rather than the Ti-cats at 0 and 4 with issues like they have and a hole that is rather large to get out of.
I don't yet see signs of cracking in team solidarity yet with the offence but it is a risk of course when some aren't getting the ball.
The good news is that the whole offence needs work and that is positive so it is not just finger pointing at the QB.