#4 is why Frank Reich needs to resign.
This guy to me has developed the "I'll show them I am smart" mentality that ultimately doomed Charlie Weiss.
Jimmy Johnson wasn't really that great of a coach and isn't revered in the coaching ranks. Why? Because Jimmy Johnson was actually very good at not trying to make the game about him. Something was working, stuck with it unless you proved you could stop it. Emmit running like a monster, Emmit was getting 30 carries and in the tough spots, you knew Emmit was getting it period- stop it, don't think you can. Conversely if the run wasn't there, Jimmy's team had no problem throwing 5-6 bombs a game to Irvin- because it worked.
Not our guy, not Frank, not Frank's staff. Our staff has to trick em' instead of just beating their a$$es- and in this game, and in particular on that drive, we were kicking their a$$es with the run. So of course, go semi- roll out, designed spin, and throw to the corner for what would be a very hard throw and catch to begin with let alone in the confined space of a 2 pt conversion. Just an awful play call in that situation but so very indicative of the coach he has morphed into.
I was actually very happy when we got him and in the first couple years I was very impressed. We were sort of a bully for a while, just line up and kick your A$$ type of team, try to stop us from running, bet you can't. We don't do that anymore and it sucks. Yeah we have some injuries but in that game, the injuries weren't showing themselves, we were dominating the LOS but Frank wanted to prove he was a tricky guy.
He needs to go!
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