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Rams43
McVay needs to look in the mirror, too. He is the HC after all. Team fell apart and I didn’t see adjustments of any kind. Rams O is getting 80% of cap dollars and turning in mediocre results almost every week. Should McVay turn over play calling duties to LaFleur? Is it smart to continue using 11-personnel so heavily, especially when opposing D’s seem to have figured out how to choke it? Maybe take another look at his RB profile philosophy? These are just some of the questions I think McVay should be asking himself.
So, by late father played halfback in the single wing offense at Pitt in the early '50's. It was always his opinion that your could run the single-wing in the NFL, that it was unstoppable, if everyone executed like they were supposed to.
Now I'm not so sure about running the single-wing in the NFL, I do think there are certain coaches who subscribe to the philosophy that you can have success running the same offeense over & over and it's unstoppable assuming the players execute it. I suspect that McVay is one of those guys. I suspect that he feels that if his 11-personel is run to perfection you don't need to make adjustments. Practice a pattern until the QB knows where his receiver is 100% of the time. And this why it works with elite route runners and students of teh game like Kupp & Puka or Woods, and why it doesn't with other players. That's why certain receivers aren't seeing the field, or get traded after one year, or why TE's aren't being targeted or why QB's just aren't catching on (or get traded). In theory it makes sense. Coach, QB & recievers all on the same page. When it works, it works. On the downside it really limits the pool of players who can run your offense and leaves you little flexibility when the defense has your number.
While I'm sure much of this is true with all coaches (who wants player who can't run your offense?) Some coaches will adject to the players strength. McVay seems more "Learn the offense or leave".
Just a thought.
