wagonhed
Team Gruden
Obviously the hot topic this season has been Kubiak's job.
I was wondering if we could perhaps compile a list of all of the mistakes he has made this season. Maybe it seems pointless to some people, and that's fine. If we had a list of all the mistakes he made this year, we could consider all sorts of things, like how many of those we expect him to correct, how many a new coach could correct quickly, and how many of them he has failed to and probably will continue to fail to correct. We can also take a look at some of the other head coaches and see if they make the same kind of mistakes, and how often.
This thread isn't designed just to make Kubiak look bad. All coaches make mistakes. It's true that many of us, including myself, feel that he has made way too many mistakes, but maybe that will turn out to be untrue if we look at the big picture. Everyone likes to point to the players and say "they are playing, they are the ones making the mistakes", because we can see Slaton fumble, or DR miss a tackle. But I would argue that Kubiak himself has made many, many important mistakes, that are not attributable to the players.
Here are some off the top of my head:
- not addressing SS in the offseason
- starting Chris Myers all year
- not interviewing DC candidates
- consistently failing to properly utilize Jacoby Jones
- barely playing JJ at WR
- giving Chris Brown carries all year
- ignoring Moats after he proved himself as the best RB on the roster
- not playing Caldwell early
- not playing Casey early
- never getting the ball to Dreessen after OD went down
- almost never targetting AJ in the end zone
- almost never trusting the pass in the red zone
- sticking with a failed "run to set up the pass" scheme
- refusing to properly utilize our high power passing offense
I know there were some huge mistakes in individual games, mostly with playcalling, some clock management stuff, but I have a terrible time remembering things so other people should list the specific stuff they remember.
I was wondering if we could perhaps compile a list of all of the mistakes he has made this season. Maybe it seems pointless to some people, and that's fine. If we had a list of all the mistakes he made this year, we could consider all sorts of things, like how many of those we expect him to correct, how many a new coach could correct quickly, and how many of them he has failed to and probably will continue to fail to correct. We can also take a look at some of the other head coaches and see if they make the same kind of mistakes, and how often.
This thread isn't designed just to make Kubiak look bad. All coaches make mistakes. It's true that many of us, including myself, feel that he has made way too many mistakes, but maybe that will turn out to be untrue if we look at the big picture. Everyone likes to point to the players and say "they are playing, they are the ones making the mistakes", because we can see Slaton fumble, or DR miss a tackle. But I would argue that Kubiak himself has made many, many important mistakes, that are not attributable to the players.
Here are some off the top of my head:
- not addressing SS in the offseason
- starting Chris Myers all year
- not interviewing DC candidates
- consistently failing to properly utilize Jacoby Jones
- barely playing JJ at WR
- giving Chris Brown carries all year
- ignoring Moats after he proved himself as the best RB on the roster
- not playing Caldwell early
- not playing Casey early
- never getting the ball to Dreessen after OD went down
- almost never targetting AJ in the end zone
- almost never trusting the pass in the red zone
- sticking with a failed "run to set up the pass" scheme
- refusing to properly utilize our high power passing offense
I know there were some huge mistakes in individual games, mostly with playcalling, some clock management stuff, but I have a terrible time remembering things so other people should list the specific stuff they remember.
