tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post2976368922821644922..comments2023-10-30T09:37:03.456-05:00Comments on Vikes Geek: Vikings' Seat License Deal All But Ensures Coaching and Personnel Changes Sooner Rather Than Latervikes geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530336385552424416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-61179832232700511562013-10-15T09:18:25.692-05:002013-10-15T09:18:25.692-05:00HBand,
The Vikings clearly are in a very bad posi...HBand,<br /><br />The Vikings clearly are in a very bad position. Barring a miraculous turn-around, Frazier is out. The only things saving Frazier from a mid-season dismissal are that there is no good option already on staff and, as you suggest, making wholesale changes mid-season will only make matters worse. Billick and Tice are shorter term answers than they are long-term solutions and changing OCs mid-stream, particularly when the team is trying to see what it has in Josh Freeman, probably is not the best solution. Bringing in Tice to simply organize and command a listless and rudderless offensive line--even under Musgrave's scheme--is imperative, however. A monkey could get more out of this offensive line and the continuing poor play of the offensive line is going to get someone hurt and make the offense impossible to assess. I would agree with putting Musgrave on a shorter leash, but how much less can he realistically do? The playlist already consists of only five or six plays with second down committed to a run up the gut and first down either the same or a short dump off. Only on third down does Musgrave "open up the playbook" to meet/fall short of the needed yardage. Putting Frazier in charge of the offense would be cruel to all, including Frazier, who cannot even oversee his purported area of expertise.<br /><br /><br />VGvikes geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530336385552424416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-80920707391719694852013-10-14T21:42:27.661-05:002013-10-14T21:42:27.661-05:00VG, good to have your comments as always.
While I...VG, good to have your comments as always.<br /><br />While I understand your sentiment of needing to get something done, it seems that when teams are failing the general consensus leans to the off-with-their-heads approach. While I agree with the need for change, at position coaching in particular, just realistically speaking it doesn't make much sense to me to blow up the entire offensive system. Why waste an entire offseason of players learning very specific plays and terminology? If you're Spielman or Frazier, why not just have Musgrave on a shorter leash regarding playcalling, key player playing time, etc.? Force feed successful direction from above.<br /><br />Billick and Tice are short-term fixes at best. Why not finish the season with the staff in place and bide the rest of the season from a management side evaluating coaching talent? Rarely do you see a coaching change in the middle of a season produce a Superbowl team.<br /><br />Tom Coughlin's 0-6 Giants have 2 Superbowl championships under his coaching last I checked...HBandMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055520879869510508noreply@blogger.com