Should Canalas bring someone else in to call offensive plays?

[strato]

I don’t see how it is supposed to work when Canales has his mini me as OC by title, but is de facto OC. How do you inject a play caller from the outside into that situation? 

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[kungfoodude]

11 minutes ago, strato said:

I don’t see how it is supposed to work when Canales has his mini me as OC by title, but is de facto OC. How do you inject a play caller from the outside into that situation? 

It would work by bringing in someone competent.

[strato]

11 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

It would work by bringing in someone competent.

Not what I was looking for there.  You, I believe, would advocate forcing the issue and getting Canales out if possible. 
 

I am looking at if I am Canales oholding a 6 year contract with 4 years left and just won the division and almost an upset in the playoffs, and has that stadium rocking…

And you want me to give up my autonomy and likely demote or terminate my right hand guy… I would likely dig in my heels. You would have to push it hard. Too hard. You will have big time upset Apple cart.  
 

For me, I can’t see how Idzik is any better at it. We looked at that in preseason and IIRC people were bitching. 
 

But someone bitches about every single thing that is done or not done so who knows….

[csx]

That would be a nail in his coffin.

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[kungfoodude]

43 minutes ago, strato said:

Not what I was looking for there.  You, I believe, would advocate forcing the issue and getting Canales out if possible. 
 

I am looking at if I am Canales oholding a 6 year contract with 4 years left and just won the division and almost an upset in the playoffs, and has that stadium rocking…

And you want me to give up my autonomy and likely demote or terminate my right hand guy… I would likely dig in my heels. You would have to push it hard. Too hard. You will have big time upset Apple cart.  
 

For me, I can’t see how Idzik is any better at it. We looked at that in preseason and IIRC people were bitching. 
 

But someone bitches about every single thing that is done or not done so who knows….

Well Canales is already a bottom 3 OC and bottom 5 HC. How much worse is it possible to get?

[strato]

5 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Well Canales is already a bottom 3 OC and bottom 5 HC. How much worse is it possible to get?

Well that just wasn’t the question that I asked. The bottom this and that has been discussed and will be discussed again. 

It is a very similar situation to Bryce. Both their jobs are safe right now as far as I can tell. 

[MHS831]

Here is how I see it...You can talk to the QB until 15 seconds before the play clock expires.  There are reasons to believe that Canales is spending a lot of time gathering information from those in better position to make the decisions.  Have you noticed how often we break the huddle between 15 and 13 seconds remaining?  I have a theory...

1. Canales is on the sideline.  His view of the field is not as good as the OC, who is sitting in the box in the sky--he can see the defense, spacing, substitutions, etc.  This means that Canales must get information from up top before selecting a play.

2. Canales has to spend time during the week with the defense, special teams, etc. in addition to the offense.  The OC is with the offense all week.  He knows the plays that were run well in practice--he knows the nicks and dings they might be complaining about--he knows their questions and input about certain plays, formations, etc.  Canales may be aware, but not AS aware.  In other words, his hand is not on the pulse as much as the OC.  It is likely that, during the week, the OC is the person answering questions and making decisions.  On Sunday, Canales steps in and makes less informed decisions.

3.  Canales likes the moniker "QB whisperer."  He may feel more confident being the voice in Bryce's helmet because he is Bryce's mentor.  Maybe he has a calming effect and maybe he thinks he can keep Bryce focused.  MAYBE he is not the best play caller, but he calls plays and mentors Bryce.  Maybe that is why he calls plays.

Just a theory--but Canales could be the play caller because Bryce is the QB and he is trying to literally whisper into the QB ear.