John Fox question

[CRA]

John Fox's greatest gameplans

NFC championship against philly (2003)

Wildcard playoffs against NY (2005)

Week 16 against the Falcons (2006)

many John Fox wins have come by sheer virtue of brute overpowering or "execution" as he likes to call it. The guy lacks any complex x's and o's savvy and is very simplistic in his offensive approach. So, quite often, the offense plays only as well as it is healthy, and we're very sensitive to injuries compared to other teams. His philosophy relies heavily on sheer talent which is very unreliable due to the hard hitting nature of the game. Much of the offense's problems right now is because the line play is awful. We can't run the ball, and we can't figure out an effective passing approach to circumvent the issue, mostly because the only reason our passing game is ever effective most of the time is through play action.

Those three games are the only time i can really say Fox outcoached the other guy

nice call. I forgot about Atl 06. That would be my most recent.

[CRA]

So, it's the players when we win and the coach when we lose?

Where's Delhomme when you need him, huh?

OMG that's keeping it black & white.

:shocked: :smilielol5:

Raging Bull did a nice job talking about Fox and his gameplans. That was a much better way of saying what I was thinking.

[Doyle]

Raging Bull did a nice job talking about Fox and his gameplans. That was a much better way of saying what I was thinking.

Stick to thinking.

[ChucktownK]

Never

[Lout]

If none of you believe Fox's gameplan against the Saints last week was a great coaching job, then you guys don't know football. We had no business being that close with the defending superbowl champs on their home field.. Great coaching job, and great half time adjustments by Fox. Could have been a different game had Smith not gone down.

[guyinchesapeake]

Developing game plans and developing players are two different animals. The game plan can only be judged after the fact, i.e., did you win or lose?

This league is all about the postseason, period. Nothing else matters. You cannot contend for a championship unless you make the playoffs. On that basis, Fox will be judged as a decent coach overall, but so far, he hasn't shown that he's truly a championship level one. I think his true niche is as a defensive coordinator.

He has shown that he has not been successful in developing key offensive players. Jake comes to mind. I love Jake, but his mechanics were atrocious, especially in his last two years here. His inability to 'look off' defensive backs hurt this team considerably. The fact that most of the WRs we have drafted during his tenure makes that point even more. His judgement of what constitutes good coaches on the offensive side is highly suspect.

Perhaps a change of address will be what he needs to go to the next level (though I doubt that). He might show up as the HC for any number of teams in the near future, but I think he has already reached the high water mark. I HOPE that isn't so, I wish him well and much success. But I just don't see anything in him anymore that he has what it takes to win a SB, with any team. Time will tell I reckon..