My wish list includes:
#1) Offense needs to get away from continued reliance upon 4th downs as a way to a 1st down. Special Teams needs a lot of work, and the decision to punt needs to be a regular 4th down event. (This 'Helter Skelter approach' causes players to lose faith in:
a) the game plan to win overall, and
b) their own individual technique as they are coached to be better than the other guy on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd down; not 4th down as a playable down.)
#2) Kick the 3 points vs always going for the TD and walking away from the drive scoreless. Go with higher % FG vs TD try.
#3) Don't make your kicker only kick (35yd+) FG's; makes it too difficult, go with the higher % FG kick, or let the offense try to get closer for a FG try more often.
#4) Hire a RB coach so your Special Teams Coach can focus exclusively on Special Teams.
#5) Make
A) field position management,
B) clock management,
C) scoreboard management
the priority; rather than 'down & distance' and 'the gambler's-choice-mentality' we seem to always keep playing with as if we have more talent than an NFL roster.
(Year 1 gimmick is over. It's been figured out already. So, make it the exception, and not the rule, and you will play more cohesively as a team)
#6). Offensively, stick with some WR's who have seniority and height (Founji, Sparkman) if your production as a unit isn't growing week to week with 5'10/6'0 guys.
#1) Offense needs to get away from continued reliance upon 4th downs as a way to a 1st down. Special Teams needs a lot of work, and the decision to punt needs to be a regular 4th down event. (This 'Helter Skelter approach' causes players to lose faith in:
a) the game plan to win overall, and
b) their own individual technique as they are coached to be better than the other guy on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd down; not 4th down as a playable down.)
#2) Kick the 3 points vs always going for the TD and walking away from the drive scoreless. Go with higher % FG vs TD try.
#3) Don't make your kicker only kick (35yd+) FG's; makes it too difficult, go with the higher % FG kick, or let the offense try to get closer for a FG try more often.
#4) Hire a RB coach so your Special Teams Coach can focus exclusively on Special Teams.
#5) Make
A) field position management,
B) clock management,
C) scoreboard management
the priority; rather than 'down & distance' and 'the gambler's-choice-mentality' we seem to always keep playing with as if we have more talent than an NFL roster.
(Year 1 gimmick is over. It's been figured out already. So, make it the exception, and not the rule, and you will play more cohesively as a team)
#6). Offensively, stick with some WR's who have seniority and height (Founji, Sparkman) if your production as a unit isn't growing week to week with 5'10/6'0 guys.
