stillers4me
10-12-2014, 09:35 AM
We can talk complicated X's and O's all day. Zone blitzes. Press coverage. Cover-2. Cover-3. Pass-run option plays. Counter plays. Stretch plays.
Jet sweeps.
It is so unnecessary.
The essence of play-calling is so much simpler:
Play works, great call. Play doesn't work, stupid call.
I bounced that theory off Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley the other day. He rolled his eyes. His look was pained.
"It's not quite that simple," he said.
It's been a tough couple of weeks for Haley. He was widely blamed for the Steelers not getting a first down late in their final-seconds home loss Sept. 28 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also was blamed for the team scoring just one offensive touchdown in a 17-9 win a week ago at Jacksonville against, potentially, one of the worst defenses in NFL history...........
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ron-cook/2014/10/12/Ron-Cook-Don-t-be-too-quick-to-judge-play-calls-for-Steelers-1/stories/201410120221
Jet sweeps.
It is so unnecessary.
The essence of play-calling is so much simpler:
Play works, great call. Play doesn't work, stupid call.
I bounced that theory off Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley the other day. He rolled his eyes. His look was pained.
"It's not quite that simple," he said.
It's been a tough couple of weeks for Haley. He was widely blamed for the Steelers not getting a first down late in their final-seconds home loss Sept. 28 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also was blamed for the team scoring just one offensive touchdown in a 17-9 win a week ago at Jacksonville against, potentially, one of the worst defenses in NFL history...........
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ron-cook/2014/10/12/Ron-Cook-Don-t-be-too-quick-to-judge-play-calls-for-Steelers-1/stories/201410120221