Scorpion05":2kdvok6o said:
We had an O-line with a converted tight end/former basketball player and even as recent as last year, people were questioning whether Duane Brown should be extended. J.R. Sweezy was considered crap. What did Cable do? Did he adjust? Did we see progression?? Nope
We don't absolve players from being mediocre, even when that player is dealing with injuries. Excusing Cable's ineffectiveness is laughable
I'm happy we have Solari if for no other reason than his role in acquiring Fluker. This thread is just a bunch of lazy venting and you don't address my point - injury outcomes - at all.
Duane Brown is a great example; he absolutely had a down year last season. The narrative that it was because of a line coach, as a pro bowler in his 10th season, was silly then and it's still silly now. He held out the entire off-season and first half of the regular season, then played week 8 with an entirely new team and hurt his ankle. Maybe the coaching was worse or maybe it was better, but viewing the coaching change as the important factor in his 2017 season is ignorant at best.
As far as Sweezy goes, I agree he has played well at LG for us. It's just a little short-sighted to give Solari all of the credit for that due to coaching him for part of a season and 3 NFL games, while at the same time flaming the guy who converted him from DL to OL in the first place and taught him how to play over 4 NFL seasons. Most of the other guys playing well for us - Brown, Ifedi, Britt - were also brought in by Cable in the first place. It seems more than tacky to throw stones at him from afar when he didn't pick the players on his current line and they are in shambles due to injuries.
Mad Dog":2kdvok6o said:
An alternative viewpoint would be that Cables coaching system puts his OL at risk of injury because of all the lateral movement . Higher chance of knee and ankle injuries in a ZBS vs Power scheme.
Is it possible? Sure. It's also possible that injuries just happen sometimes and blaming bad luck on the coaching staff when they aren't even our coaching staff anymore is ugly.