Originally posted by MucketyMuck:
This is where I'm at. There's no other replacement and I really don't want a replacement as Kyle is an offensive genius but his problem, and it's a massive problem is his inability to not completely fall apart at the the most crucial times. He's a choker... That is his main problem.
I don't believe in the coaches are chokers mentality. The players are on the field and have to execute.
Look at the 2 awful loses we had this season with blown 10 point leads. How many plays were missed by the players that had nothing to do with coaching?
Ronnie Bell drops a pass in his hands.
Moody misses the FG
50 yarder given up by the defense right after
And many more.
Cards
Moody injury
All the damn turnovers
Defense giving up the 4th down
Hell even had a good play wipe away a very likely game winning pick 6 by Warner.
But I do think there are issues with Kyle's scheme that hurt us when trying to put games away. The teams that do a great job of closing out wins are power running teams who can simply push you out of the way and grind the clock. We have smaller more athletic lineman out there so when we try to run to close out games it's not the same. The issue is you can't just sub out your whole line(or part of it) and move to a different scheme when you have the lead.
Players just have to stop being sloppy, do their jobs and execute the plays that ARE there to be made.