MacNews wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:08 pm
swervynmerv wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:52 pm
On another matter. In Jarious Jackson’s CFL career, what did he accomplish to demonstrate that he would be a good OC. For the most part he was an average QB who was more often than not a back-up.
No offense to Jarious, he's a great guy. He's won several Grey Cup rings. But I don't think he's ready to be an OC. I don't understand why he was hired in that role.
Jackson was never a starting quarterback on any Grey Cup winning team. His only season that one could call a success was in 2007, when Jackson, as our third string quarterback (and having never started a game in the CFL before) became our starter, due to injuries to Dickenson and Pierce.
That was the season, with Hufnagel serving as an offensive consultant, that we changed our offence to feature a running attack. We led the CFL in rushing with Joe Smith and Ian Smart carrying the football and playing excellent defense.
With Jackson at quarterback we won 9 of 12 games, as Jackson mainly handed the football off or threw deep off play action.Jackson was pulled in the first half of the playoff game in 2017.
JACKSON'S PLAYING DAYS
Most of us realize that being an excellent player does not necessarily translate into becoming an excellent coach. Many outstanding football coaches were not excellent players.
With that said, Jarious Jackson, as a player did not appear to be a successful student of the game. Dispite having great natural tools and an outstanding arm, Jackson only completed 54.2% of his passes in his CFL career and had a CFL career quarterback efficiency rating of 80.2.
Jarious, as a quarterback, was not noted for his ability to read a defense (to say the least) and he even struggled with the concept of putting a little touch on the football, as he would often knock his tailback off his feet with a swing pass that was thrown with so much velocity that it almost went through him.
Does that background mean that he was not suitable material to become an offensive coordinator. No, but it does make one ponder.
JACKSON AS A COACH IN EDMONTON AND SASKATCHEWN
Jackson got his coaching start as a quarterback coach under Wally.
Jackson's lack of success, in both Edmonton and Saskatchewan did not qualify him to become our offensive coordinator. Jackson was the 'passing game coordinator', under Steve McAdoo, in both situations, utllizing an RPO themed passing attack that had its struggles.
GOTTA BE 'SMART ENOUGH'
Certainly, Ed's comments focus on player evaluation and potential personnel changes. No mention of schematic changes at all.
I was thinking MAYBE Mike Reilly just isn't 'smart enough' to quarterback Jarious Jackson's offence successfully. Last season Jackson implied Jennings was not smart enough to run his offence (but a healthy Jennings had been able to throw for over 5,000 yds. quarterbacking a predictable Spread offence here in B.C.).
I can only surmise that Lulay was also not 'smart enough' to quarterback Jarious Jackson's offence last season too, since Jennings had a better quarterback efficiency than Lulay last season,
That's IT. I'm finally GETTING IT!!. Jarious Jackson's offence is no ORDINARY offence. Its a SPECIAL offence. Is a SUPERIOR offence. Therefore it requires an EXCEPTIONALLY SMART quarterback to run Jackson's offence and we haven't found that calibre of quarterback play yet.
Now I UNDERSTAND!! That is why Ed wants our quarterback to sleep at the practice facility and take Ritalin to stay awake all night watching tape. Jackson's offence is so BRILLIANT, that it takes not only EXCEPTIONAL INTELLIGENCE but it also requires EXCEPTIONAL STUDY.
ITS AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFENSIVE SCHEME
STUPID FANS, like me, who don't get that concept. Instead they blame Jackson when teams put extra players in the box to take the run option away, who blitz quickly into the quarterbacks face, to take away the RPO quick slant, and who blitz extra defenders and play our receivers tight on first down and force sacks.
Fans just DON'T UNDERSTAND, that if our quarterbacks only made the right read and got the football out of their hands quickly, this offence would be UNSTOPPABLE. Its designed to get the football into our receivers hands in space, as Jackson has often pointed out.
I just LOVE the concept of throwing quick outs to Bryan Burnham so he can JUKE defenders as well as throwing an slant to the outside to Duron Carter so he can catch the football at full speed while trying to JUKE the sideline. But even more so, I LOVE the concept of using Shaq Johnson's speed for long STOP routes.
BUT even more IMPRESSIVE, is Jackons's concept of sending all of our reeivers on deep and deep intermediate passes while also releasing White out of the backfield.
That ensures that Reilly will be looking at the backs of our receivers for 3 seconds while the opposition pass rush caves in our pocket, as pass rushers arms claw at his body, and he experiences CLAUSTROPHOBIA in the pocket. Of course, this is all by design. Jackson is ensuring that the defense is NOT TIPPED OFF as to when our receivers will BREAK OFF their pattern because they don't break off their pattern.
BUT I think the key to Jackson's offence is the role modelling he provides in terms of how IMPORTANT his offensive scheme is to our Leos success. That is why he would leave his lap top computer and other Leos paraphanlia in his car, while going to watch an MMA fight at a bar/club following a game.
Jackson KNEW, that even if the information was stolen, which it was, no one would be SMART ENOUGH to understand this offence, because we havent' found anyone who has been SMART ENOUGH to understant it yet incuding two former MOP quarterbacks.
WRAP
They just don't make football players as SMART as the GOOD 'OL DAYS when Hervey and Jackson played.
