March 19, 2023 10:00AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 6,180 Status: HOF Inductee |
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Ramsdude
Was McVay a little more unsatisfied with the D that we thought? Was he hoping Morris was going to be hired away but had to keep him when he wasn't? This is the defense McVay wants Morris to run. He wanted a Fangio style D and thats why he let go of Phillips, and hired a Fangio student in Staley. Morris comes from the cover 2 school from Monty Kiffin if I am correct. So Morris came in with the understanding that he would continue to run the Fangio scheme. I personally think Morris made the most he could with the ingredients he had. I know everyone hates the off coverage, but IMO and I will stress that its only my opinion, you just cant play alot of press man with a slow as molasses Kendrick at one corner and your 2 safeties that aren't exactly known for their pass defense in Rapp and Scott. If McVay didn't want to keep Morris, Morris would be gone. McVay has let go of plenty of coaches.
Wasn't the offense our problem? Our we "fixing" the wrong squad? Are we certain he isn't trying to fix both squads? It may be addition by subtraction on defense. It may take a little while, but hanging onto underperformers and guys that aren't playing up to their contracts isn't a great strategy either IMO.
Unloading star players on D left and right. Firing coaches on Morris's staff. Seeing McVay's face while the whiners were marching up and down the field, he didn't look too happy, makes me wonder just how big a fan of Morris McVay really is. As I have already stated, if he wanted Morris gone, he could be gone and he easily could have pursued Fangio himself. Could have the Rams landed him? Who knows, but they could have at least made the attempt.
The only good thing I can see is that maybe McVay is setting Morris up to fail so he can take his one page playbook and go play that soft crap somewhere else. Naw, its basically cutting off your nose to spite your face. My question for you is who are you actually mad at? Snead for bringing in players that can't play press man coverage? McVay for making Morris run the Fangio scheme in the first place, the players for simply not being up to the challenge or Morris for doing what he thinks is best given what he has to work with? For me, this falls on Snead and the scouting department.Find better players and players that fit the scheme McVay wants run.
I am sure McVay has a plan but WTH is it? lol
In the words of Vince Lombardi, "What the h3ll is going on out there???".