Originally posted by AlexCat49er:How does Ryan's first year under Sarkesian compare to his first year under Shanahan?
His numbers are pretty much on line with his career numbers outside of his Uber year last year. I don't follow ATL that close, but my assumption was they were keeping Kyle's WCO and just switching playcallers. Sarkesian has WCO roots. When Kyle installed his offense in 2015 it was a change of styles from an Air Coryell to a WCO. In these situations you usually have some growing pains.
I'd assume that the verbiage and everything would remain. That wasn't the case in 2015. Going from a Coryell to a WCO is a total change in verbiage. They share similar plays, but the way they get there is different and that's usually what causes the struggles in the first year of a new system. Another example would be when Kyle left Washington.....they didn't switch systems. They stayed with a WCO and it really benefited Cousins in the long run.
It's also what helped us during our dynasty run. Walsh-Holmgren-Shanahan-Trestman-Moreniwhig-Knapp was all WCO Guys. Now the talent of the playcallers were obviously different, but the system remained.
[ Edited by Niners816 on Oct 26, 2017 at 4:55 PM ]