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6 hours ago, UnrealfalcoN said:

All eyes on the coaching staff

I hear this a lot on TATF, but after watching a bunch of quarantine ball the last few months I am absolutely certain the player execution was worse than the coaching. In the voice of the great Dan Reeves, "the coaches call the plays but the players have to execute them".

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26 minutes ago, FalconFanSince1970 said:

I hear this a lot on TATF, but after watching a bunch of quarantine ball the last few months I am absolutely certain the player execution was worse than the coaching. In the voice of the great Dan Reeves, "the coaches call the plays but the players have to execute them".

Whoa, strong take there.

 

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On 6/22/2020 at 6:05 PM, FalconFanSince1970 said:

I hear this a lot on TATF, but after watching a bunch of quarantine ball the last few months I am absolutely certain the player execution was worse than the coaching. In the voice of the great Dan Reeves, "the coaches call the plays but the players have to execute them".

Execution always comes back to coaching.

If you are doing your job as a coach, the players either respond by executIng the plays or you get rid of them.

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45 minutes ago, FalconFanSince1970 said:

I hear this a lot on TATF, but after watching a bunch of quarantine ball the last few months I am absolutely certain the player execution was worse than the coaching. In the voice of the great Dan Reeves, "the coaches call the plays but the players have to execute them".

 

2 minutes ago, Vandy said:

Execution always comes back to coaching. 

Scheme to your strengths and away from your weaknesses. Don't press if your secondary cannot handle man coverage. Don't blitz if you (a) can't get there, or (b) can't cover. Quinn's greatest strength in his first two seasons was figuring out how to adjust his scheme to his talent (as opposed to Smitty, who tried to do it the opposite way). Even if we give him a pass in 2018 for the devastating defensive injuries, we can't excuse him for failing to make defensive adjustments until it was too late last season.

Back in the day, a lot of sweat was thrown at Worrilow and Bartu but I never blame players for doing what they're incapable of doing. I blame the GM for obtaining them and I blame the coach for not figuring out how to play them. Execution always comes down to coaching.

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1 hour ago, Vandy said:

Execution always comes back to coaching.

If you are doing your job as a coach, the players either execute the plays or you get rid of them.

Especially when the plan isn’t correct and marry in the incorrect use of players,execution has very little to do with it.Then your coaches use the mantra of putting a player in there best position to succeed.

Contradiction written all over it.

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2 hours ago, FalconFanSince1970 said:

I hear this a lot on TATF, but after watching a bunch of quarantine ball the last few months I am absolutely certain the player execution was worse than the coaching. In the voice of the great Dan Reeves, "the coaches call the plays but the players have to execute them".

No, those first 8 weeks or so the defensive calls and formations, when DQ was in charge,  were very questionable to everyone, including announcers during the game. That's why he stepped aside.

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4 hours ago, Tim Mazetti said:

I have felt this pressure daily in the civilian workforce since I was discharged from the military in 1978. (Military is job security.)

Now I work part time to have somewhere to go and interact and afford my vices. 

But man, that 30 years of competition tired me out, but sharpened too.

You feel it. You do the same. It is in your words. Glad to be associated with you (And others.) on this board.

Well said Tim.  I too have carried this intense pressure to produce at a high level all my adult life & the grind does indeed wear you down over time. 

You do learn and adapt & find a way to compartmentalize it over time.  
 

But you drive on for your family & because we’re  competitive & we love the challenge, the interaction & the thrill of accomplishments.

 

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3 hours ago, Vandy said:

Execution always comes back to coaching.

If you are doing your job as a coach, the players either execute the plays or you get rid of them.

Go back and watch some of those games. Players were in position on several plays. Some turrible execution. Even vets like Ryan, Free, Julio, Debo, Tru, etc. Definitely the rooks and second year players.

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1 hour ago, HouseofEuphoria said:

No, those first 8 weeks or so the defensive calls and formations, when DQ was in charge,  were very questionable to everyone, including announcers during the game. That's why he stepped aside.

He ran a stupid 3-4 type of something but go back and watch them games bro. Ryan throwing stupid picks, Free putting the ball on the rug, Hoop whiff blocking, several DBs getting roasted. Especially Oliver. Our #1 corner this year.

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Coaches are responsible for identity and a plan.

All I’ve seen the last few years is a mishmash or lack there of thee above.

Anyone tell me what the identity of run game was last year inside outside zone power man what.

I don’t know what that cluster of a defense was last year but the messaging from the coaches was clearly not clear because what was going on on thee field was something different.

 

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On 6/22/2020 at 10:40 PM, FalconFanSince1970 said:

Go back and watch some of those games. Players were in position on several plays. Some turrible execution. Even vets like Ryan, Free, Julio, Debo, Tru, etc. Definitely the rooks and second year players.

There were a few, but even some of that was due to confusion in strategy. 
 

If you’re saying the players did not play well, I’m not disagreeing. But again, much of that all goes back to coaching. And if you are saying the strategic planning was fine but it was just poor player execution, I’ll never agree with you on that.

Once Quinn handed over D reigns to Morris/Ulbrich the D magically started playing better. That’s was not a coincidence. Coaching 1st half of last year....especially by Quinn and Koetter....was terrible bro. 

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13 hours ago, Atl Falcon said:

So if the OL sucks again is it still coaching? If the defense finishes next to  last in sacking the QB is it still coaching? Just asking for a friend 

Didn't you notice a difference between the 1st half defense and the 2nd half of the season defense.  The Difference was coaching period!

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