Mr. Scot
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Not really an option unless Canales wants to go down with him. Gotta do the best they can through season's end. (even if I'm not especially optimistic)
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Canales Did Not Call a Terrible Game
Mr. Scot replied to Carolina Cajun's topic in Carolina Panthers
Canales tried to run a smashmouth game plan with injured / spent offensive linemen and West Coast Offense skill players. It was a losing approach. -
Spent some time on this in the game thoughts thread
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I don't object to either of those things by themselves. Not if we come into this game with better preparation and awareness, at least.
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At what point have I excused Bryce? I chose to discuss problems other than Bryce because Bryce discussion is largely futile. That's not making excuses. It's just walking away from the deceased equus.
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Today was more about heavy pressure, for which misdirection is one of the best antidotes.
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What we're best equipped for roster wise (especially with Bryce at QB) is a heavily WCO influenced offensive scheme. What we called today looked more like a smashmouth style game. And when that didn't work, we didn't seem to have any sort of fallback plan.
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Same, which is why I wasn't in favor of trading Chubba
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Insert Jim Mora gif here
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Sounds familiar...
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No argument on either point...
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Canales has some of the same weaknesses Rivera did. What he did today was pretty much the same thing Rivera did in the Super Bowl, i.e. failing to anticipate what teams might do against us and laying a backup plan. His depth chart management and playing time decisions are a little off too (again, like Rivera).
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"Lateral offense" is a pretty common criticism of WCO type schemes. But yeah, the coaches are making some mistakes.
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Not trying to... Said up front I wanted to focus on problems other than Bryce. And yes, those exist, whether people choose to acknowledge them or not.
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My observations about Hubbard relate primarily to future games. But he could have helped today in one regard, that being to lessen the wear and tear on Dowdle (who was definitely struggling late). Still doesn't fix poor game planning though...
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Bryce doesn't make the game plan. The coach, who is (or should be) well aware of his limitations, does. If he fails to account for those things, it's on him. (and he did)
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I don't even worry that much about what he can see. Even if he sees everything clearly, his actual passing accuracy beyond mid-range is extremely hot or miss.
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Me, and I'm not alone. Players playing without being fully healthy isn't exactly a new or unknown thing. And while we love the "warrior" spirit, sometimes it's counterproductive.
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I didn't. I just decided against discussing what's already well known and has been / is being talked about as infinitum. Bryce is Bryce. No changing that... ... but there are other failures that should be addressed as well.
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A healthy Chubba helps. Not saying it cures all ills, but it does make us better. As to us seeing this same game plan again, no argument...
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Same as you typically would against a pressure heavy attack. Screens, draws, misdirection... basically standard WCO. The whole approach was birthed specifically to defend against that kind of thing. We did that on a few plays, but not enough.
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We gave them some help.
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It ain't that simple, and he's certainly been able to see well enough in other games. When you have a shorter quarterback, you take that into account with your play designs and protections. The Saints used to do it with Brees. Ron Rivera won a few games against them by specifically attacking that. Bryce's height is a problem, but it's not the whole problem.
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Again, see above... Anybody on this board could have predicted what the Saints were gonna do today. A professional football coach and his staff should have not only known, but prepared a game plan that understood that. We didn't, and that isn't Young's fault. Bryce can be blamed for a lot of things, but poor game planning isn't one of them.
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They came prepared. We didn't. That's a coaching fail.
