Having Wayne Hunter out there doesn't really help, either. The guy is a tackle in title only. He should be battling Mulligan for the #3 TE role. He should be getting a lot more help in both the running and passing game.
I am not in favor of giving him the OC job - just interim play calling responsibilites for the rest of this year to fire Schotty now. We are stuck with this offense for the rest of the season, so you need to go with someone familar with it for some continuity and he has the experience. Next year you go in a different direction. I think the firing of Schotty is the only thing that MIGHT light a fire under some underperforming players.
Remember when the Cowboys offense sputtered this year with Jason Garrett coordinatin' the offense and then they fired the head coach, elevated Garrett to head coach, and the offense took off? Sometimes a change for change's sake will work and it's not like Callahan hasn't run an offense in the past. The team needs a jump-start.
Bill Walsh wouldn't have had success with this unit today. Bill Walsh also would never allow his players to produce at this level for multiple weeks in a row. He'd either correct the problem or replace the problem. And we certainly have many problems on offense. Schottenheimer isn't responsible for individual performances in individual games but when it's repeated sucktitude over the course of multiple games he has to take a big part of the blame.
All stuff that I agree with. I see lots of issues with the rest of the offense that are out of Schotty's control but that isn't stopping anyone from calling for his head. I don't see how promoting Callahan is going to make Sanchez more accurate or make the line open up holes for the backs. The issues for the offense start at the top and go all the way down to the last guy on the depth chart. A change in coach might have a cowboys or vikings effect but it isn't going to make any of the real issues go away for very long, if at all.
Something definitely needs to be done. The defense has to feel pretty fucking cheated right about now.
The defense did it's share to lose last week. They are the better unit, but have been FAR from perfect this year.
It could actually help a number of things, restructure the practices, refocus Sanchez, get some better playcalling in-game. Or it could do absolutely nothing. However, if Schottenheimer does manage to get fired then the interim OC might wind up being Cavanaugh.
Because if you are going to can Schotty, then somebody has to be the OC. Because Callahan has over 30 yrs of coaching experience including being a very good line/running game coach for the Jets and including being a SB OC and HC of the Raiders when they went to the AFCCG.
I'm not really smart enough to know, but maybe Cavanaugh could do the job. He has OC experience. Then again, he's been the one coaching up Sanchez.
First: Thank you, Johnny, for the new sig quote. I mentioned something like this in the gamethread. Callahan's had to deal with a young G and backup T playing this year, but the line's regressed a lot from last season. Plus in Oakland it seemed as if he were running Chucky's O moreso than his own. Consider that the year Oak saw TB in the superbowl, Callahan ran Chucky's O with no changes. Callahan is fine where he is at Oline coach; especially when Slauson has a year under his belt and we do something to address the RT spot. We should look elsewhere for a new OC. McDaniels would be nice considering his track record for molding QBs into powerhouses.
All I'm saying is that if we promote Bill Callahan to OC right now then Mark Sanchez will be marathon fucking Mark Brunell's daughter by 3am Monday. Problem. Solved.
As much as I defend Schotty against unwarranted shit the bottom line is that the offense is underachieving and he is the head guy so he will be the first one out the door if a change is made. I don't have much of an attachment to the guy so I won't get that bent out of shape. I just think that the people who think firing Schotty fixes the offense are selling themselves fools gold.
I'm just pissed these "1 on 1" sessions apparently didn't do shit. I'm starting to agree with a lot of people here in that, Schotty needs to move along. HOWEVER, the new coordinator needs a system that is almost identical if not the same system the Jets currently run, but also completely different play calling tendencies. And I say this because Mark Sanchez is not mentally equipped to learn schemes quickly. I don't want the Alex Smith Project all over again.
The right side of the line can't block when you have a shitty TE lining up next to Brandon Moore all game.
Exactly. One way or another, the OC has control of basically every aspect of the offense.. firing Schotty might not solve the problem, but hiring or promoting someone who knows what they're doing should. I love Rex and I hope I'm wrong here, but honestly, I don't think he has the balls to fire Schotty.
