ivotuk":l9mbh2x9 said:
Something being left out of the critique of Schottenheimer, who the head coach was, and who his QB was.
NY Coaches: Eric Mangina, Rex Ryan QBs: Chad Pennington, Kellen Clemens, Brett Favre, Mark "The Sanchize" Sanchez, Geno Smith
Rams Coach: Jeff Fisher QBs: Sam Bradford, Kellen Clemens, Austin Davis, Shaun Hill.
Do I think Schotty is a top talent at OC? No. But he's a very good OC that can get us to, and win a SuperB Owl. Even with a mediocre defense.
During the last half of the season the Seahawks were scoring 30 points a game. That's 4+ touchdowns every game. He's a good OC, and I expect we go deep in the playoffs this year now that everyone has learned the offense.
He helped Wilson improve his pocket mechanics, and made him a better QB. He along with Solari remade their running game, adding far more varriance to it which it desperately needed. Schotty also improved the redzone pass-playcalling last year. This year I would like him to see him improve his play selection on 2nd and long. Way too many giveup plays on that down & distance.
That DAL playoff game was absolutely brutal though. Whenever I start to get optomistic, I think about that game and wonder how a good OC, takes the ball out of his best player's hands play after play after play. When he was effective, when given his very limited opportunities. (8 YPPA) vs (2 YPRA).
Its going to take a while for me after that performance to rubber stamp him as very good. Very good gets you head coaching offers.
Right now he is in the easily better than Bevell category, and I need to see another season due to him spending so many seasons with Bad QBs. and mediocre HCs as you mentioned. There really isn't enough there to actually evaluate. Unless you subscribe to the theory he made them Bad QBs. I don't, but also too he has never developed a young star QB as an OC either.
The book on him is he can turn you into a great running team, and he can Marty Ball you right out of the playoffs.
That is exactly what happened in year 1. Spooky.