5thgen":3kgh0kus said:
TwistedHusky":3kgh0kus said:
That picture is a good example of the root of the problem.
Pete and Russ have different philosophies for winning. In a way, both are right.
Both philosophies were honed where the bulk of their football lived in and since those are decades apart, they differ.
The root of the problem is Pete's philosophy for winning. His roster does not match that philosophy. And frankly, the rules of the game don't either. Pete can do incredible things with a great run game, an efficient and accurate QB that does well under pressure, and a great defense. That ain't his roster.
He has the pieces of a great offense. That is the strength. Yet he doggedly leads with his weakness.
Both Carroll and Russ are convinced of their infallibility. They each think they are the reason for the winning. And would win more if the other would just get in line. I don't see that as resolvable. But Carroll seems more expendable than Wilson because Wilson likely wins without Carroll. I don't think Carroll can win without Wilson.
(The sad part is Russ is relatively cheap as stud QBs go. After a contract, the QB takes such a huge % of the cap it becomes impossible to field a SB team against a team with a cheap young QB and great defense. But you generally get one year in 3-4 when the relative % drops and you can make a run. See the Saints as an example, even though they were screwed out of their run by the refs.
In normal circumstances, this might have been the year. Honestly, it should have been last year but for the coaching staff, mainly Norton & Carroll. That was the closest thing to a paved path we will likely ever see.
But now?
With the shedding cap, our QB's crew taking shots at our coach, and the FO constantly dropping backstabbing articles on their QB to the press? Good luck. If we could keep Carson somehow and lock Carroll in a closet on gameday - maybe we could make a run but overcoming Norton is rough.)
Can't blame it all on Carroll. Russ was $h!t playing with good teams even when he was "cooking".
Consider this, Mahommes put up MVP like numbers 2/3 of the years he's started for KC. In that time he's dismantled some very good defenses. In the Super Bowl Andy Reid goes into the game with a Pete Carrollesc style passing attack. What happens? He looks very pedestrian against the Tampa 2 and a strong pass rush, where does that look familiar?
Mahommes looked awfully a lot like Russell Wilson in that game in the second half of the season. What happened? Pass rush and an offense playing directly into the strength of the tampa 2 defense. During the second half of the season Russell Wilson was one of the most pressured QB's in the NFL. Despite this we called an offense that went with long 7 step drops, deep crossing routes. We were playing into the strength of the opposing defense, that my friend is on Carroll.
Did Wilson make mistakes? Absolutely, you know what causes mistakes? Being sacked and pressured a ton. I noticed in the second half of the season his throwing mechanics degraded, and his footwork looked messed up. I saw a QB that looked shell shocked, a QB that was hearing the footsteps of the opposing D-Line. That combined with an offense that has the primary reads being long, deep shots against tampa 2 and it is a recipe for disaster for any QB.
That is Carroll's fault.