May 27, 2020 09:13AM | Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 36,102 Status: HOF Inductee |
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O'Connell will not only free up Sean McVay, but also Aaron Kromer, so Kromer can focus more on the Offensive Line.... @OldSchool & I have posted about this, that when Kromer is given more responsibilities, it seems the OL takes a step back, well, now hopefully Kromer can get back doing what he does best, teaching and coaching up the Offensive Linemen.
That's a good post. I don't agree with this bit though. Kromer HAS had more responsibilities than just OL coach before and did well when he did. He was effectively the run game coordinator in Buffalo from 2015-16, and they did well at that. He was the OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR in Chicago and still kept a hand in coaching that OL, and that OL did well. The offense slipped his second year (2014, and I think that was mostly issues with Cutler) but the OL never slipped there. Anyway OL coaches are frequently the run game coordinator--just adding the title of run game coordinator is a way to sort of promote a guy, it doesn't mean he added new responsibilities. (Hanifan was in effect Martz's run game coordinator.)
I think what went wrong with the OL last year had nothing to do with Kromer. From what I saw, that was both OTs starting out the season shaky. If anything he helped right the ship because the OL stabilized toward the end, and that was with 3 inexperienced injury replacements. Normally we don't have the right to expect anything good from that...but they did it. They couldn't do that if the coach was an issue by being overstretched or whatever.
I also doubt O'Connell takes over the running game. It seems to me he's the qb coach and contributes to the passing game--the guy he frees up is McV, not Kromer.
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