Garrett is such a great offensive mind that team management wants him to have nothing to do with the offense
A cook who is not allowed in the kitchen except to wash dishes
Makes perfect sense
And this is the guy who will lead this team to the promised land?
Many have complained Garrett the OC ran an offense that the league had caught up to. That he was predictable. He didn't know how to call plays.
So Garrett the HC takes an inventory and says my way isn't getting it done and neither did Callahan's, etc. So Garrett the HC decides to bring in Linehan to call plays, install his offense and run it. Which should be a good thing since he's correcting the problem many have cried so loudly about.
IOW's no matter what Garrett and the rest of the team does, it will always be the wrong thing and he is an idiot even when he's trying to improve things whether he thinks he's part of the problem or his subordinates are.
Oh, BTW, Garrett's and the rest of whomever's offense while he's been here as OC and/or HC has consistently been in the top ten so it's not like his offense has been dog pooh and now we have Linehan to save the day.
Now before you counter with the ad hominem attacks of you'll say anything because Garrett is your guy, remember I've consistently said I don't know if Garrett the OC or HC is THE guy. I've merely pointed out that despite the pretty good offense most of the time there were some problems with the offense particularly in the RZ and with the Sc%. That has improved, too, BTW. And he has cost us some games, IMO, with game management issues. He's not in the top 1% of the league or even 5%; just top 1/3 or better.
So Garrett isn't a Paul Brown, Tom Landry or Vince Lombardi in innovating new offenses to defeat the current league's defenses. But he's actually fairly good. And Garrett the HC is smart enough to try and make the offense better by bringing in people to improve it. And when they aren't exactly what he wants, he goes out and gets someone hopefully better.
I'm not certain what you guys want beyond the 'we don't care about analyzing nothing just win' mentality. This game is simple yet extremely complicated. Some here appear unable to grasp this.
We have a pretty good offense which they are trying to improve to get not in the top then but the top five or better. They've brought in two well thought of coaches to improve the defense. It's unfortunate we haven't been able to see what they can do or how good the players are with all the injuries and losses of personnel for other reasons. Maybe we'll see a reasonably healthy team this year and be able to figure out what else needs addressing. The STs appear to be covered at least until we see what the new guys can do this year.
I'm unable to tell if some here are just such negative persons all they can do is complain (which is how some people are), fans of another team trolling here to well do what trolls do, persons mucking up the site for whatever reason(s), or just so frustrated they are unable to perceive all the moving parts instead of just the problematic ones.
It's just difficult to respond to 'it' and engage in substantive debate. Perhaps that will eventually happen in the future. One can only hope.
