A thought...

[CPcavedweller]

Stats be damned, this is a qualitative thought.

Shula, like Cam and Rivera has improved the past two seasons.

We won't blow you out unless the defense is on point, but we will be methodical and frustrating to opposing teams simply because we aren't stopped in one set of downs very often. We play small ball and keep pushing until you come up, then get a 35 yard post or seam out of no where. Cam will come out, waiting until there is one second left on the play clock and the next three downs snap it with twenty seconds.

Much of that did not happen in the first year of Shula or much of the first 3/4 of the second year. He, like cam and Rivera is finding himself.

[Mol3m4n]

I think Shula has gotten worse.

[Lilsmitty09]

After I read the part where you said Shula improved last season, I stopped reading.

 

Please give me ONE. Just ONE fact that proves your crazy theory

[chknwing]

[bababoey]

Thoughts are dangerous sometimes.  Keep that in mind.  Sometimes you just need to let them pass

[CPcavedweller]

Qualitative is what threw you all. QUALITATIVE: in lamens terms I.e. Huddler speak...does not require statistical analysis. Simply, observation.

Respond to a thread that contains "big" words using gifs...sad. Especially sad considering the thoughts I asked for were on Shula, not my post. However, you all hate Shula yet you love the Benji and Funchess picks. You love Fozzy, you love Olsen, you love Cam, yet you fail to think that Shula has any input into the decisions to draft or sign certain guys. It's blasphemous.

#rantthatleadstolockedthread

[CPcavedweller]

Thoughts are dangerous sometimes. Keep that in mind. Sometimes you just need to let them pass

Beer in one hand, phone in the other. They compliment each other like a methodical offense and a top 5 defense.

[mc52beast]

4th and one and he calls a thirty yard bomb.... What part of this am I not understanding

[L-TownCat]

Not sure. He may have... But as you put it, I didn't observe,any progress. If anything I saw a dismissed authority.

I'll explain, early in the year Shula was autonomous with his calls, when the defense faltered early it became clear the offense must change. Instead of Shula adjusting, Cam took control of this offense and began to (for lack of a better term) freestyle with his audibles. This all took place over the first 10 games. Once Cam got more comfortable with this new play calling style, the defense was taking form and magic happened. A perfect storm of QB maturation and young talent infusion on d led to an improbable repeat division championships.

I mean it could totally have happened your way but I'm a bit of a romantic.

[Jangler]

Why all the Shula love?

He's not going anywhere. I think this season will be a proving season for him tho.

[CPcavedweller]

4th and one and he calls a thirty yard bomb.... What part of this am I not understanding

The beer part

[CPcavedweller]

Why all the Shula love?

He's not going anywhere. I think this season will be a proving season for him tho.

It wasn't love I was giving. It was the fact he has shown growth. He has expanded beyond where many thought he would and I expect that to continue.

[Mother Grabber]

we did a decent job of running up the score on the Taints and Falcons last season.

[GRWatcher]

Ok. I am going to rant a little. I can't help it. Do you really think that Cam gets in the huddle and says, "I'm calling a play that may include a hand signal that Shula never thought of, that we never practiced. But trust me, I'm Superman"? No. No. No.

 

Yes, Cam will audible at the line, before the snap, but those are audibles that have been practiced with the coaches. Now, once the play develops Cam may see something on the option or something happening between a WR & CB, etc. that influences the decision he ultimately makes but that is not an audible.  The game of football is 60 min of scheming and setting up the opposing defense for failure, mostly with mismatches.

 

Cam has become comfortable with audibling at the line once he sees the defense he's facing & that's the improvement we saw last year. But these audibles aren't anything Shula isn't aware of. Coach sends in the base play, Cam makes the needed adjustments at the line (which Shula expects him to do) & ultimately makes the final decision of how to complete the play, hopefully to our advantage.

 

/rant done. I'm not 100% behind everything Shula calls but I'm not 100% against everything either. Just, please, do not talk about audibles as if Shula had nothing to do with them.