Head coaches who call plays
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:26 am
Are there many in the league?? Is it good/bad. I thought most were trending away from that with all the game management required of head coaches. Thoughts??
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(d)oink wrote:Are there many in the league?? Is it good/bad. I thought most were trending away from that with all the game management required of head coaches. Thoughts??
riggofan wrote:Personally I'd like to know what a coach is doing when his offense is on the field that is more important than the play calling. What in the world is "game management"?
(d)oink wrote:Are there many in the league?? Is it good/bad. I thought most were trending away from that with all the game management required of head coaches. Thoughts??
DarthMonk wrote:(d)oink wrote:Are there many in the league?? Is it good/bad. I thought most were trending away from that with all the game management required of head coaches. Thoughts??
Packers’ Mike McCarthy, Saints’ Sean Payton, Bears’ Marc Trestman, Texans' Gary Kubiak (gone), Chiefs’ Andy Reid, Giants' Tom Coughlin, Seahawks’ Pete Carroll.
DarthMonk wrote:Joe Gibbs did it.
DarthMonk wrote:(d)oink wrote:Are there many in the league?? Is it good/bad. I thought most were trending away from that with all the game management required of head coaches. Thoughts??
Packers’ Mike McCarthy, Saints’ Sean Payton, Bears’ Marc Trestman, Texans' Gary Kubiak (gone), Chiefs’ Andy Reid, Giants' Tom Coughlin, Seahawks’ Pete Carroll.
Joe Gibbs did it.
Deadskins wrote:DarthMonk wrote:Joe Gibbs did it.
Even with Al Saunders?
(d)oink wrote:riggofan wrote:Personally I'd like to know what a coach is doing when his offense is on the field that is more important than the play calling. What in the world is "game management"?
Its what head coaches do when they aren't calling plays i guess?
Deadskins wrote:DarthMonk wrote:Joe Gibbs did it.
Even with Al Saunders?
I think what drove George crazy was that Sonny was a much better play caller...welch wrote:Deadskins wrote:DarthMonk wrote:Joe Gibbs did it.
Even with Al Saunders?
I think Saunders was to be a transition. Same basic approach to the offense; different terminology; Saunders would stay after Gibbs retired following the 2007 season (as planned, anyway).
Incidentally, it was considered unorthodox that Paul Brown called plays for the Browns, using their "shuttling guards". Browns QB Milt Plum was considered second-rate because he could not call the plays. I think Sonny Jurgensen drove George Allen crazy (or crazier) by calling his own plays.