Toppy Vann wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:58 pm
Fans dumping on Duron Carter who brought fans off the sofa with a terrific 56 yard pass to Lamar Durant is nuts. That could have been a game changer but for the kick off return.
Three Comments:
1. This season comes down to GM Ed Hervey decisions to put too much money into the QB leading to:
* deciding not to re-sign Sol E who could provide both skill and leadership to the entire DEF as he's doing for the Riders now.
* dumping $160,000 Special Team players who play 4 or 5 plays leading to the worst kick cover team I've ever seen in BC.
2. There needs to be some realignment in the coaching responsibilities including:
> more evidence that play calling in the game has input from other Jarius Jackson who again got in a rut tonight.
> maybe not firing Altilio but give that role to someone else.
3. The HC has yet to establish a winning culture in this team. He has to be clearer what it is.
4. There are some good coaches here including Nik Lewis who's a teacher and who can do more for this team including Play CALLING or leading STs
I agree with some points, and disagree with others.
For starters: Duron Carter isn’t the problem with the team. We’re not getting the expected production from him, and whether that’s his fault or not can be put up to debate, but if he is a problem he is far down on the list of things wrong with the team. I’d still look to upgrade, and if Duke Williams becomes available I wouldn’t hesitate, but I also think Carter hasn’t been used effectively in our offense.
On the flip side, I disagree with your claim that signing Mike Reilly was a problem due to his salary. I’ll use Calgary as my example. They are paying Bo Levi Mitchell basically the same salary. He hasn’t even really played this season, and the Stamps are right there in it for top spot. This is also a team that lost key players on offense, and their top players on defense. Mike Reilly is not the problem.
The rest of your post I agree with. I might even take some points a step further. The coaching staff is too inexperienced, and I’m not sure Claybrooks himself has a firm grasp of the room. People on here loved to crap on Wally over the years, but I think we’re seeing right now the difference between a great coach who perhaps was starting to slip, vs complete bad coaching like what we have right now. I wouldn’t write off Claybrooks completely, but the lack of experience on the coaching staff is showing and every game this team gets destroyed in the second half after not making adjustments while other teams adjust.
I think a serious overhaul with our scouts needs to be done. Unacceptable to have really nothing to show for two years of recruiting. Misses at the draft are also inexcusable at the rate that we have seen.
This team has seen a lot of turnover over the past two years, and I’m not sure another massive overhaul is going to improve things to where we want them to be. We need to identify a core group from what we have right now. And yes, any NFL cuts we bring in need to play, especially if they are part of our new core group.
Guys who I think should stick around:
Mike Reilly
Grant Kraemer (need develop him)
John White
Wayne Moore
Bryan Burnham
Lemar Durant
Jevon Cottoy
Ryan Lankford
David Mackie
Joel Figueroa
Peter Godber (if he can get healthy)
That’s basically it on offense. I hate having to completely rebuild the O-line again. But the guys we have aren’t getting the job done. I don’t know that they can get there, and there is a lot of money being spent on Hunter Steward, Sukh Chungh, Brett and David Foucault for them to be playing this poorly.
On defense, Grymes and TJ Lee are fine in the secondary. I’m also happy enough with Dozier. Shawn Lemon might have to stay just out of necessity, and I would keep Junior Luke around. Herdman probably stays, and Chris Edwards seems to have done a decent enough job. We could use an upgrade at the WILL, and a completely revamped defensive line would be ideal.