MM calling plays worries me for this reason

Haimerej

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Stuffs out of order but I'm trying to make your mess more readable. It was easier to fix this stuff with the old format.

Defense was great but still in the moments they could have made game changing plays ie Diggs he whiffs..great defenses dont do that, the 9ers showed why they were better. they made more plays when the opportunity's were there.
Such a copout. "The moments they could have made game changing plays" applies across the board. Turpin should've scored a TD. Dak could not throw interceptions. Gallimore could have held his ground on McCaffery's touchdown.

The point is the final outcome was commendable. They held SF's running game to less than their average, they created a turnover on special teams, they only allowed 19 points. You'd take their performance 9 times out of 10, that 1 time being when your offense only scores 12 points.

generally where a beter OC designs better plays to get wrs open and not have them get pushed off routes and able to jump in from of a wr who doesnt make an effort to go back and break up a ball that intercepted. or route trees to get open sooner and an OL that can pass protect with a pocket that doesn't look look like a forest vs an umbrella, its where you should expect schultz to get his feet down and or not go out of bounds and get the clock stopped. it where you expect your WRs to not have good passes bounce off them and turn into INTs..
Listen to yourself. You say the OL can't protect, the receivers can't get open or catch the ball, yet this offense has been a top offense over an extended period of time. Furthermore, you're speaking in generalities because none of Dak's picks bounced off the receivers against SF.

its not top 10 in the biggest moments in the biggest games against the best Defenses. go check those numbers.
Neither was SF's against us but Purdy still put up 19 points.

Rush is not better than dak, wont even debate it,. the defense, sts, and OL were all better during Rushes stretch, Dak wins all those games. also rush was lucky to have those 2 Ints called back.. pure and simple. His play against the rams and eagles were horrible. nearly had 7 TOs in 5 games..Dak would have scored more easily.
No one said Rush was better. But apples to apples he played better against WAS with guys that were benched when Dak played them. They signed Peters a week before Rush played Washington and he didn't suit up for that game, yet you want to say Dak had oline issues. Why do you think they wanted to sign Peters? It's not because they were playing great for Rush.

like i sad all hate and denial.. check my avatar meme, that who dak is period. Not perfect not elite but still top 10 no matter how much haters try and call him
trash.
Your avatar is too small to see on my phone and frankly, I don't care to click it and make it bigger. I've already shown you're just pulling excuses from the air.

It's funny to see you talk about Rush's games as if they were a radically different team. I guess they were, in a way. They hadn't picked up Peters, Gallup was still coming back, and hadn't signed TY Hilton. So they were working with lesser talent across the board to protect Rush. Makes Kellen's production that much more impressive.
 

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Could be. I'm interested in seeing if he actually did learn anything during his year off concerning his own offensive tendencies. We've seen him spend three years essentially letting someone else run the offense. I'm ready to see what he will do in charge of it.

I don't know how much of what we did under Moore had McCarthy's fingerprints on it, but the whole thing now should be his (even with Schottenheimer as the listed OC), so we'll find out for sure if he can get it done or if we need to move on.
I recently learned Mike was the OC for New Orleans in 2000-2004. He ran a lot with Ricky Williams and Deuce McAllister so I'm less pessimistic. However, that was 20 years ago and the game has definitely changed.
 

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McCarthy was already a bad in game manager when he didn’t have the responsibilities of calling plays. Our time management was always poor we rarely challenged calls...

I really hope we have someone on the staff that’s in charge of clock management cause MM couldn’t do it when that was one of his only few responsibilities on gameday.
Calling plays helps your clock management because you are in the groove of the game....this is not an issue
 

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McCarthy was already a bad in game manager when he didn’t have the responsibilities of calling plays. Our time management was always poor we rarely challenged calls...

I really hope we have someone on the staff that’s in charge of clock management cause MM couldn’t do it when that was one of his only few responsibilities on gameday.
That's right. He's not a multi-tasker. He's good at assessing larger problems and getting down to the broader details involved in assessing those medium-to-larger problems.. But he's terrible at the actual details themselves, which is why he should allow someone else to do it, because he still has to work on step 1.

I hate to compare him to a baby, but that's what I see in terms of being a competent and well-rounded enough coach to do the whole walk around thing, and call the game. He's not exactly ideal in terms of a skill set that just comes second-nature, on the job.

Oh, and on top of that, Shottenheimer is likely to implement a significant decline as far as what his input puts out onto the field. That's been his history, at least. So, there's that. And plus, if we're talking NFL coaches, Mike McCarthy is like a little baby in terms of processing ability, especially during games.
 
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That's right. He's not a multi-tasker. He's good at assessing larger problems and getting down to the broader details involved in assessing those medium-to-larger problems.. But he's terrible at the actual details themselves, which is why he should allow someone else to do it, because he still has to work on step 1.

I hate to compare him to a baby, but that's what I see in terms of being a competent and well-rounded enough coach to do the whole walk around thing, and call the game. He's not exactly ideal in terms of a skill set that just comes second-nature, on the job.

Oh, and on top of that, Shottenheimer is likely to implement a significant decline as far as what his input puts out onto the field. That's been his history, at least. So, there's that. And plus, if we're talking NFL coaches, Mike McCarthy is like a little baby in terms of processing ability, especially during games.
Standing O with the golf clap. Fantastic followup and totally agree
 

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I recently learned Mike was the OC for New Orleans in 2000-2004. He ran a lot with Ricky Williams and Deuce McAllister so I'm less pessimistic. However, that was 20 years ago and the game has definitely changed.
I think a good offensive coach adjusts to his personnel. I guess will find out if McCarthy's a good offensive coach or was carried by a Hall-of-Fame QB. The offenses here definitely haven't been bad, but the offense was successful before he arrived, so the credit (and blame for its ultimate failures) should belong to Moore. McCarthy has to show if he can do just as good or, what we want, better.
 

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McCarthy was already a bad in game manager when he didn’t have the responsibilities of calling plays. Our time management was always poor we rarely challenged calls...

I really hope we have someone on the staff that’s in charge of clock management cause MM couldn’t do it when that was one of his only few responsibilities on gameday.
All teams are bad at clock management.
 

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Im not getting the feeling our outdated dual te checkdown scheme is gonna change much w the in house coaching hires. Urgh

I guess McCarthy is gonna call plays next year. And the following year we'll promote Cooper Rush to OC. Lol

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McCarthy was already a bad in game manager when he didn’t have the responsibilities of calling plays. Our time management was always poor we rarely challenged calls...

I really hope we have someone on the staff that’s in charge of clock management cause MM couldn’t do it when that was one of his only few responsibilities on gameday.
What makes MM so special? Are quarterbacks today stupid? A veteran QB should be better suited to call plays. The players are more in tune with what is going on.
 
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