Steelers help lessen knock on Coach Callahan?

[BIGREDIOWAN]

callahan is not building from scratch

Yeah your right he's not taking a originally option based team and turning the playbook around 180 degrees and going the other way with the west coast offense..........the players that were there when he got there weren't recruited for this type of offense. :hmmm

 

[HUSKER 37]

I doubt we'll ever have the consistency we were used to with the option attack.

One or two guys could have a bad day and we'd still win usually.

With the West Coast Offense, an O-lineman misses an assignment, the QB probably gets sacked.

If the QB is a little off all day...Bad loss.

You'll probably see a close game against Texas followed by a Bad game against Oklahoma State a lot in the future with the WCO just like you see in the NFL...Especially until you have coaches who can adapt on the run.

 

[HUSKER 37]

callahan is not building from scratch

Yeah your right he's not taking a originally option based team and turning the playbook around 180 degrees and going the other way with the west coast offense..........the players that were there when he got there weren't recruited for this type of offense. :hmmm

Yeah, but it still seems like it'd be easier for a coaching staff to adapt to their 124 players' strengths than the other way around.....to turn a running back into a passer..Or to magically transform great run blockers into pass protectors...A WCO coach might not know much about Option Football, but you'd think he could wing it for a year or two while he gets "His type" of players into the system...We would owe that much to the existing players.

I can see them trying to put on a show for future recruits that we are indeed commiting to the WCO, But how inflexable can you be as a coach?

What was it they used to say about Bear Bryant?..."He can take His'n and beat Your'n...And he can take Your'n and beat His'n".

 

[BIGREDIOWAN]

callahan is not building from scratch

Yeah your right he's not taking a originally option based team and turning the playbook around 180 degrees and going the other way with the west coast offense..........the players that were there when he got there weren't recruited for this type of offense. :hmmm

Yeah, but it still seems like it'd be easier for a coaching staff to adapt to their 124 players' strengths than the other way around.....to turn a running back into a passer..Or to magically transform great run blockers into pass protectors...A WCO coach might not know much about Option Football, but you'd think he could wing it for a year or two while he gets "His type" of players into the system...We would owe that much to the existing players.

I can see them trying to put on a show for future recruits that we are indeed commiting to the WCO, But how inflexable can you be as a coach?

What was it they used to say about Bear Bryant?..."He can take His'n and beat Your'n...And he can take Your'n and beat His'n".

The problem with that though is that is not his type of offense so he probably wouldn't be able to run it effectively enough to matter. He's better going with his strength and what he knows and is good at. The players should be good enough to adapt to the point where they can be effective. I see what your saying, but I don't think I've ever seen a coach do that type of adaptation........ :dunno

 

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

Good points! :thumbs

 

[BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA]

callahan is not building from scratch

Can you please expand on your generic statement?

As others have surmised the issue was Coach Callahan bringing the WCO and totally revamping the offense after decades of being option based. I was not trying to imply he was building a program from the ground up.

 

[HUSKER 37]

callahan is not building from scratch

Yeah your right he's not taking a originally option based team and turning the playbook around 180 degrees and going the other way with the west coast offense..........the players that were there when he got there weren't recruited for this type of offense. :hmmm

Yeah, but it still seems like it'd be easier for a coaching staff to adapt to their 124 players' strengths than the other way around.....to turn a running back into a passer..Or to magically transform great run blockers into pass protectors...A WCO coach might not know much about Option Football, but you'd think he could wing it for a year or two while he gets "His type" of players into the system...We would owe that much to the existing players.

I can see them trying to put on a show for future recruits that we are indeed commiting to the WCO, But how inflexable can you be as a coach?

What was it they used to say about Bear Bryant?..."He can take His'n and beat Your'n...And he can take Your'n and beat His'n".

The problem with that though is that is not his type of offense so he probably wouldn't be able to run it effectively enough to matter. He's better going with his strength and what he knows and is good at. The players should be good enough to adapt to the point where they can be effective. I see what your saying, but I don't think I've ever seen a coach do that type of adaptation........ :dunno

I guess I haven't seen a coaching staff try to adapt that much either, but it still seems to make sense Especially when you're keeping a Turner Gill and a Ron Brown to ease the transformation.

Most of the position coaches are still coaching fundamentals and with the O-line, I could probably see a bit more difficulty, but again...Seems like most coaches with any kind of experience, should be able to adapt to their players...Shoot..I was always a better play caller than Osborn...but he improved to my level towards the end :lol:

Cally's game plan seems a little harder to understand than most..Hopefully that will be to our benefit down the road.