No Such Thing as Bad Publicity (Linehan)

cern

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His biggest problem is that the league is moving towards younger guys who have innovative ideas. Linehan is missing on both fronts. All Moore has done, is further emphasize that his time is past.
in particular teams are looking for coaches who excel at developing qb's. despite all the rule changes and play calling in the nfl, one thing remains the same. you must have a good qb to get to the big dance.
 

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Idk, there are too many posts to quote.

But, still, too much of the offensive problems are being attributed to Linehan, not JG. People forget that Linehan did a complete 180 from the way he called plays in DET when he arrived. It was still JG's show.

Now it is KM's show, but that doesn't mean that he and SL were dealing from the same deck.
When Linehan was in Detroit he Megatron, one of the biggest physical freaks in football. Throwing him jump balls needed no imagination.
 

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I don’t know squat but why is it I feel Garrett has some culpability in the offensive debacle and Linehan who isn’t innocent is the fall guy

I could be wrong wouldn’t be first time
 

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I don’t know squat but why is it I feel Garrett has some culpability in the offensive debacle and Linehan who isn’t innocent is the fall guy

I could be wrong wouldn’t be first time
you are not wrong.
 

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Here is my opinion... Linehan was being watched by Garrett and also held back by Garrett. If you think for a minute that linehan had the same kind of leeway that Moore does I think your off base. I think with Moore, Garrett has been forced and stripped of his duties in regards of keeping his thumb on the coordinators and the job they do. Finally we're getting to see an offensive coordinator that has freedom where as in the past they really didn't. Linehan operated with different rules. Having said that I don't think linehan is a great coordinator I think his time has passed, but lets be honest with ourselves here, Garrett is coaching for his life here and has been told not to interfere by jerry. Linehan did not have those circumstances.
Care to share where you saw/heard Jerry say that?
 

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Every article I've read after the Cowboy Giant game has in some way or 'nother denigrated Linehan while praising Moore.

If another team hired him, I'm sure the fan base would revolt.

But what about the FO's? Does this (99.9% negative) publicity remind them that he's available and maybe some will consider hiring him? Or is this harming his chances of ever working in football again?
The articles have nothing to do with why he is not with another team. He owes this to himself. His rigid and sometimes arrogant ways of sticking to what he did and not adapting to game is why he is sitting and home watching nfl ticket. I mean even a chai seller in India who knows nothing about football could tell what Linehan was going to do next.
 

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It was all over the news when Moore was promoted. Jerry told KM that if anyone interfered to come directly to him.
I think you had to read between the lines on that. That was Booger's way of showing his confidence and support and he wasn't telling any coach not to interfere. He would not expect his HC to just stand by but to help a first time OC.

With Booger, you can't take anything at face value because he doesn't use the brain filter enough.
 

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Here is my opinion... Linehan was being watched by Garrett and also held back by Garrett. If you think for a minute that linehan had the same kind of leeway that Moore does I think your off base. I think with Moore, Garrett has been forced and stripped of his duties in regards of keeping his thumb on the coordinators and the job they do. Finally we're getting to see an offensive coordinator that has freedom where as in the past they really didn't. Linehan operated with different rules. Having said that I don't think linehan is a great coordinator I think his time has passed, but lets be honest with ourselves here, Garrett is coaching for his life here and has been told not to interfere by jerry. Linehan did not have those circumstances.
Cool story!
So your saying the reason for Linehan calling a predictable offense and not using motion and more play action is because Garrett wouldn’t let him?

And he would actually like to shut down Moore from keeping defenses on their heels like last Sunday but Jones told him not to?

Maybe Linehan will get another job when everyone finds out everything was all Garrett’s fault.
 

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Linehan is not a hot commodity as he wasn't when the Cowboys hired him. He had to leave DET for Stafford to improve as a QB and Linehan was too dependent on him as a passer. When you get your QB throwing to a WR in triple coverage, you have a problem, I don't care who that WR is.
 

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I think you had to read between the lines on that. That was Booger's way of showing his confidence and support and he wasn't telling any coach not to interfere. He would not expect his HC to just stand by but to help a first time OC.

With Booger, you can't take anything at face value because he doesn't use the brain filter enough.
People are going to hear exactly what they want to hear.
 

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Maybe he doesn't want to coach.

Sure he's set financially.
 

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I mean even a chai seller in India who knows nothing about football could tell what Linehan was going to do next.

No way in hell!

He'd be too busy sucking down & enjoying that sweet chai to give any damns about Linehan

Do you even Chai bro?
 

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I think you had to read between the lines on that. That was Booger's way of showing his confidence and support and he wasn't telling any coach not to interfere. He would not expect his HC to just stand by but to help a first time OC.

With Booger, you can't take anything at face value because he doesn't use the brain filter enough.

Helping and support is different from interfering. IMO
 

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Linehan's a middle-of-the-road retread coordinator. I think every job he's left or been fired from has probably been for the same reason. I had friends who are Vikings fans saying as much when we brought him in.

He'll either retire, or find a situation where bringing in a re-tread makes sense. He's probably worked most of the way through his coaching tree in terms of job offers, you have to think.
 

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Helping and support is different from interfering. IMO
I do not think he meant for Moore to come to him if he wasn't getting his way. That was just Booger in his own style trying to make a point and the point was all about passing. He will accept a lot but boring offense is not one of them, that's what the show is all about.

You give him the 00Ravens or 03Bucs and he'd be out of his mind because that's not entertainment. Sunday against the Giants, now that was entertainment. And I am not singling him out, they're all like that or they wouldn't have changed the rules to favor the offenses. He was in his own element when he had Romo and would spend the money as long as it was on weapons.

You can bet Kellen the Young caught a lot of attaboy Sunday night and he'd better read between the lines because what they're saying is "moreofthatboy".
 
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