Originally posted by FanInFlorida:
Not sure if I would categorize that as an easy ass read. He had the blitzer right in his face. People can dissect each and every play and talk about what should have or could have happened. There's no arguing what actually happened. The play didn't work. The blame is and always should be shared in football. How much blame you assign to each guy is up to you.
But I think this is one of the reasons why these arguments go round and round. Some might imply that you're a Purdy hater and that you want to replace him. Some posters treat Shanahan criticism that way. That's just distracting from the potential for a productive conversation between people with different opinions. It doesn't make sense to me that posters are name calling and assuming they know what the other is thinking or feeling. If you don't understand someone's opinion, ask for clarity or accept that you agree to disagree and move on.
My opinion is that the people that are most responsible for the outcome of the game are the head coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, and QB. How much influence each of them has varies based on the situation. In our case, Shanahan holds two of those positions. And I don't think he gives the QB a lot of freedom to change the play, slide protection, etc. I think he gives him two plays to choose from. Based on that, Kyle deserves a lot of credit when we win and a lot of blame when we lose.
Not dissecting the play is the damn problem with ya'll and your "let's blame Kyle no matter what stuff."
that play-call worked, Brock has made that read/throw multiple times in his short career. He didn't execute it. A play-call means absolutely nothing if the players don't run it properly.
I mean in what world is this a hard read/throw for a guy that we're gonna pay $200M to make?
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you had no problem using this play as some well here's where Kyle f**ked up. So easy to find this…yet you couldn't even take the time to understand it and who's actually at fault on this specific play.
There's a real gray area full of context and nunace when he comes to winning and losing in football some of you should come over and check it out. Ya'll might learn something (that's not being mean either).
Acting like it's one or two coaches, the plays they call and/or just one player that determines the outcome of a game is so incredibly ignorant. We won a f**k ton of games despite Jimmy G being a avg to below avg QB.
Every player matters top to bottom. Whether it's Luter/Ray Ray f**king up a punt return, backup TE Willis getting called for holding, backup LBer Burks getting eaten alive in coverage, backup RG Buford going full simple jack on the biggest play of the game, our all-pro LT getting called for holding, or our OPOY fumbling in the RZ. It all mattered!