Thompson has done a great job...
"DanJustDan29" wrote:
Each week, I'm starting to doubt that more and more.
Sure injuries are a problem, but that's why you have the ability to get quality back-ups.
Take our Tackle position. I've heard from reporters and broadcast analysts that Taush/Cliffy have been more injured than they've let on. Ok.
Clearly the injuries have prevented the Ts from playing like they've played previous years. If it's affected them so much that the Ts play has dropped off, have them rest and play the back-up Ts.
Only problem is that our back-up Ts are Moll and Giacomini. Clearly 70% healthy Taush/Cliffy are better than our back-ups.
That falls on Ted. You've got 30 something tackles, and quite simply you should have something more at back-up.
Similar things can be said about our D. Thompson IMO was counting on Harrell improving, and KGB coming back to form surgery. Clearly, putting faith in an injury prone DT and a 30 something speed rusher was risky. Clearly Ted deserves some blame for not having an adequate contingency plan if the worse case scenario played out (KGB can't recover from his surgery, Harrell gets injured again).
I'm not going to blame Ted for all the problems. He's done a great job building depth at other positions. But the games are won and lost in the trenches (as I've said numerous times before). The coaches deserve some blame too, whether it's not teaching the scheme good enough for the players to master it or something else.
At the end of the day, Ted has some major things to do this off-season. Re-building the O and D lines not just for the future, but also too pay off immediately is much easier said than done.
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