GONYK wrote:mpharris36 wrote:GONYK wrote:
What do you mean "approve"? Daboll is given a kicker. How do you evaluate a kicker outside of watching him kick at your facility? We brought in at least 2 kickers and Jude "won". At the same time, we didn't trust him to kick anything but PATs, which he has to kick. It's his fault he sucks and now its on Schoen to find some other options. 
Well we needed that first down to ice the game and the play that was designed worked. Johnson was coming open across the middle. Schlottman didn't hold the block and Dart's legs were hit when he tried to step up in the pocket, which is why the throw was off. Again, Dart should have taken the sack, but that is hindsight and again was the QB's call. The play worked. This is sort of like blaming the coach for Dart not sliding. 
If your argument was that we should have run the ball again to ensure the possession runs time and ends with a punt, I can totally understand that and agree with it. That's fair. But if that play was incomplete and we punted, it would have been fine. It's just that it was a pick.
I didn't see the Daboll/Bowen thing. What is the reporting?
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And yes, as for the play call, instead of putting a rookie in a spot to make a fatal mistake...it made more sense to run and ensure the last timeout was taken.
Hell they were super conservative for 2 straight possessions...run + run into 2 loaded fronts...and then put Dart in a bad spot on back to back 3rd downs to try and make a play. 
As far as the kicker...the kicker sucking has to go on someone because he wasn't even a good kicker in college.  I agree that mostly on Schoen but I assume Daboll has a say on some of the roster decisions and is probably out there with all the kickers evaluating them.  They must have been in agreement that this was the guy...who clearly sucks.
 
Well, if this is true, then yea Daboll owns the defense too. I concede that. 
As far as the kicker, the only thing Daboll could evaluate was whether McAtamney was better than Yunghoe Koo. I don't think we brought anyone else in and that's not on Daboll. The same way I don't blame Judge to having to play Mike Glennon.
As far as the drive in question that led to the pick, if you're saying that 1 drive should wipe out 30+ points against the Denver defense, I don't agree. It came at the worst possible time, but it's not why we lost the game. Especially when we scored on the drive after.
 
Ultimately winning and losing does come down the HC and or QB.  HC usually builds his staff...and if this case Bowen is a weak link then yes I still ultimately put that on Daboll.
Schoen has had plenty of misses but if we are going by Daboll he would have picked Dart at #3 and Schoen should get credit for still getting Carter and finding a way to get Dart later.  I don't think we are losing now because of a lack of talent.  
The kicking situation falls a lot on schoen as well.  Bringing back an old kicker with injury histories and never investing in a kicker with say one of your 6th or 7th round picks is just wrong.  We have cost ourselves too many times with a shotty kicking situation.
But ultimately Schoen has fixed the oline, the defense has talent (yes losing the two best guys in the secondary clearly changed things) we need more depth there.  Keeping Banks on the roster just because he is a 1st round pick is stupid because he sucks.
But I don't think we lost the Saints game or Broncos game because of talent.  So then that has to go on the coaching and yes the players but the players are making mistakes and not finishing games which the coaching could be a lot better.
I also think a lot of our offensive success is Dart improvising then say us having a great offensive scheme.  The first two TD's vs eagles were all Dart scrambling and running or scrambling and finding Wandale. 
The first TD vs Broncos just Dart scrambling around then finding Bellinger breaking free.  The last TD drive seemed like it had no purpose.  Sure we scored but so much of it was just Dart just dropping back and heaving the ball down the field for some high risk passes.  There was plenty of time with a timeout to design a solid drive.
I don't know if they aren't trying to overcomplicate things for Dart but the offenses success seems more weighed to Dart (mahomes like ability to keep plays alive) then actually use scheming guys open.  Maybe I'm being overly harsh.  I just cant fathom how you can blow that type of game.
There were a couple times Daboll also didn't use a timeout (once Dart got a delay of game on a crucial down).  And another time on last drive with Burns limping up the field clearly not going to make it back onside.  We had a timeout and didn't use it...gave Broncos key more 5 yards.
I think Daboll is showing enough with Dart as a good coordinator and QB coach developing him.  He leaves a lot to be desired in terms of managing in game decisions.  I'm so use to Coughlin flawless in game HC ability.