keasley45":30ykcloh said:LTH":30ykcloh said:John63":30ykcloh said:hawkfan68":30ykcloh said:Why has this issue not been corrected by Pete? If Russ is not executing the plays properly, as a coach it's Pete's responsibility to correct the issue. He hasn't done so. One could surmise that Russ is playing the way that Pete has directed him to do so based off that. This is both a Pete and Russ issue. Not just a Russ issue as you are trying to make it out to be. . I don't believe Russ is dunce enough to go against the desire of his coach if the coach sits and talks to him about it. If Pete hasn't done that, then he's really not doing the job he's paid to do. It's Pete's responsibility of how the team performs overall and at 3-6 its performance is subpar.
If he wants to be a head coach of the team, then coach the team. Have the hard conversations with his key players. Week in week out it's the same old stuff, therefore there isn't any change. That's on Pete and the coaches.
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Yes it is Pete's responsibility to fix this situation no question about that. but what we don't know is how he is approaching this situation. he is NOT saying... It could be that he has sat down with Russ several times and Russ is not listening to him ... It could be that after this season he might decide to trade Russ because he can't work it out... There is a HUGE misconception on this board that Carroll is not approaching things appropriately... we just don't know at this point but if you look at it from Carroll's point of view he has every reason to want this situation to work out and the way it looks is that he gave the LRC scenario a chance to work and it's not working... I think the other HUGE misconception of this board is that Carroll is micromanaging this team to it's detriment... there is no evidence to suggest that in fact the evidence suggest the complete opposite...
LTH
Fix 1
Pete built a system around Russ to address his issues and like every other team, had an OC working with his QB to address things like MAKING SIMPLE READS.
Fix 2
Pete brought in a new OC who was harder nosed to get to Russ and the result at the end of season 3 was Russ not being able to solve cover 2...
Fix 3
Pete brings in OC 3, cosigned by Russ, because he seems to come from a system that specializes in smoke and mirrors and disguising basic routes with a myriad different looks. Why? Because if your 9 yr vet qb still can't read defenses and everybody in the league now knows the limited routes he like to throw... make them look different to help the reads become easier. In other words, eliminate the presnap work the qb has to do by dictating what to the defense so the reads are less complex.
Pete has taken every approach a coach can short of blasting the face of the franchise in a way that would make Russ look like he can't do basic QBing stuff.
Fix 4...
Move on and let Russ spins his wares elsewhere and try to geta qb in here that can do good, if not great things because if you look at the tape, we need more ofnthe regular stuff eight now than the spectacular.
I guess the question is, does Russ have issues reading D coverage or is he just being stubborn and wanting to hit the big play? I don't know the answer to that question... It's my opinion that he absolutely wants to hit the big play at times when he should check down but I'm unsure if there is an issue with him reading D coverage... according to Carroll thats not the case but then Carroll is not going to thriow his QB under the bus...
what is the difference from your perspective?
LTH