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“We have to decide on making adjustments on scheme, making adjustments personnel-wise to make sure Mike’s upright,” Claybrooks said.
“You want to make a thought out, rational, educated decision on the facts that you have in front of you. We’ll convene as a staff and convene as an organization and management and we’ll decide on which direction we want to go to get this team better.”
“When you go into a new situation with a fairly new staff and just a bunch of jigsaw pieces trying to fit this puzzle together, sometimes you try to put a square peg in a round hole. We have to identify is it just that we’re slow learners? Or is it just that we have to adjust to things that we’re doing? Or is it just the people that we have in spots can’t get it done? We have to decide on what we need to do,” Claybrooks said.
“Success doesn’t happen overnight, especially when you’re trying to get a lot of pieces to fit into place. We’re not writing off the season by any means.”
“We have to decide on making adjustments on scheme, making adjustments personnel-wise." -- One third of the way through the season.
"We'll convene." -- Good start.
Do we have any answers in there on how to fix the mess?
* ''put a square peg in a round hole''
* ''slow learners''
* ''adjust to things that we’re doing'' Bingo. Offensive playbook. Take Reilly out, at times, before he gets knocked out. It is late, but figure out how to protect the quarterback.
* ''the people that we have in spots can’t get it done''
* ''We have to decide on what we need to do'' We are 1 and 5. The horses are out of the barn. There are coaches and GMs out there that would know how to fix it, but we just might not have them here.
Systems. Offence and Defence. Get a system in place that protects the QB, as discussed in a number of threads on this site.
Personnel. Get a rush end or two. Sort out the mess in the O Line.
Leadership. Decide who leads the team. Mike Reilly or DeVone Claybrooks.
The offence has put up some decent numbers.
The defence has been a sieve at key times. Many, many missed tackles. No pressure on the QB.
STs have not been good enough. Large returns given. Tricked.
Just imo.
John Madden's Team Policies: Be on time. Pay attention. Play like hell on game day.
Jimmy Johnson's Game Keys: Protect the ball. Make plays.
Walter Payton's Advice to Kids: Play hard. Play fair. Have fun.