Ditto, pretty much same as my original post in this thread, just elaborated more.
If Waldron is doing his job, the main problem with Flus will be game day management. He should delegate some of that to Waldron and focus his energy into running the defense.
FYI: Jones signing in ARI was ranked by one outlet as the worst FA signing this off-season. Massive overpay for a rotational player. I think Pickens or Dexter steps in a replaces Jones without a hitch.
That’s not saying much. Jones and Edmunds both underperformed their contracts.
Ditto, pretty much same as my original post in this thread, just elaborated more.
If Waldron is doing his job, the main problem with Flus will be game day management. He should delegate some of that to Waldron and focus his energy into running the defense.
+1 He needs to focus on being the HC. The players seem to respect him as a leader of men. Sure, if he wants to call D plays on gamedays, that's fine. But we have a very capable coach in Eric Washington, who will run the defense. 98% of running the defense is NOT calling plays. There is so much more to being a coordinator than that. Eberflus has a full plate running a team - as far as the day-to-day operations. There are OVER two dozen coaches who perform the more granular functions of the 3 units. There is a reason for that large of a coaching staff - the duties are that diverse, complex and massive. But yeah, let Flus do that 2% thing on gameday calling plays. A lot of NFL head coaches call plays on gamedays, on the side of the ball they're familiar with.
If Waldron is doing his job, the main problem with Flus will be game day management. He should delegate some of that to Waldron and focus his energy into running the defense.
+1 He needs to focus on being the HC. The players seem to respect him as a leader of men. Sure, if he wants to call D plays on gamedays, that's fine. But we have a very capable coach in Eric Washington, who will run the defense. 98% of running the defense is NOT calling plays. There is so much more to being a coordinator than that. Eberflus has a full plate running a team - as far as the day-to-day operations. There are OVER two dozen coaches who perform the more granular functions of the 3 units. There is a reason for that large of a coaching staff - the duties are that diverse, complex and massive. But yeah, let Flus do that 2% thing on gameday calling plays. A lot of NFL head coaches call plays on gamedays, on the side of the ball they're familiar with.
I didn’t mean to limit it to play calling on game day. He is going to get involved in setting up the defensive game plan for the next opponent. The DC will run the day-to-day practices, etc. I want — and expect — Flus will be hands-on with the defense and mostly hands-off with the offense.
+1 He needs to focus on being the HC. The players seem to respect him as a leader of men. Sure, if he wants to call D plays on gamedays, that's fine. But we have a very capable coach in Eric Washington, who will run the defense. 98% of running the defense is NOT calling plays. There is so much more to being a coordinator than that. Eberflus has a full plate running a team - as far as the day-to-day operations. There are OVER two dozen coaches who perform the more granular functions of the 3 units. There is a reason for that large of a coaching staff - the duties are that diverse, complex and massive. But yeah, let Flus do that 2% thing on gameday calling plays. A lot of NFL head coaches call plays on gamedays, on the side of the ball they're familiar with.
I didn’t mean to limit it to play calling on game day. He is going to get involved in setting up the defensive game plan for the next opponent. The DC will run the day-to-day practices, etc. I want — and expect — Flus will be hands-on with the defense and mostly hands-off with the offense.
Maybe I'm wrong here, but I do expect that game plans on offense, defense and special teams - all three - will be getting heavy involvement (input) from the HC. This is Eberfus' team and he will sign off on everything. I expect he will often "be in the room" at the unit level too... even on offense with the QB room etc. I expect Eberflus (like any HC) to be a part of the game planning each week. But the heavy lifting will be done by 25 to 30 coaches that are coordinated by the OC, DC & STC.
I didn’t mean to limit it to play calling on game day. He is going to get involved in setting up the defensive game plan for the next opponent. The DC will run the day-to-day practices, etc. I want — and expect — Flus will be hands-on with the defense and mostly hands-off with the offense.
Maybe I'm wrong here, but I do expect that game plans on offense, defense and special teams - all three - will be getting heavy involvement (input) from the HC. This is Eberfus' team and he will sign off on everything. I expect he will often "be in the room" at the unit level too... even on offense with the QB room etc. I expect Eberflus (like any HC) to be a part of the game planning each week. But the heavy lifting will be done by 25 to 30 coaches that are coordinated by the OC, DC & STC.
If Flus is intelligent and humble, he knows that he is more knowledgeable and experienced in defense than offense and will act accordingly. To quote Clint Eastwood, “A man has to know his limitations.”
Maybe I'm wrong here, but I do expect that game plans on offense, defense and special teams - all three - will be getting heavy involvement (input) from the HC. This is Eberfus' team and he will sign off on everything. I expect he will often "be in the room" at the unit level too... even on offense with the QB room etc. I expect Eberflus (like any HC) to be a part of the game planning each week. But the heavy lifting will be done by 25 to 30 coaches that are coordinated by the OC, DC & STC.
If Flus is intelligent and humble, he knows that he is more knowledgeable and experienced in defense than offense and will act accordingly. To quote Clint Eastwood, “A man has to know his limitations.”
I agree totally that he is more knowledgeable about defense. That's what he's been for 36 years now as a player and coach (BTW, years ago he played under Nick Saban as a player on defense). He has developed some really good players over those many years as a coach too. If you read up on him, he seems to be a fascinating guy. He sounds like a guy who has great personal skills as a coach who can connect with players and truly develop them to their ceiling potential. He is described as an overachiever and he has been able to get his players to overachieve.
But I do believe fans often fail to realize that these guys who coached one side of the ball - they understand the other side of the ball well too. If they didn't they would not succeed at the NFL level - not without having a solid knowledge of the opposing unit... they HAVE to in order to be successful. Some fans act like these guys know nothing about the other side of the ball. That defies logic. In fact I would bet that Eberflus does - at critical game moments - have gameplay input on offense. I would be shocked if he didn't. Again, he doesn't call plays (obviously) but ultimately the buck stops with him as the HC.
To anyone who thinks these three units operate totally independent of the head coach, I would ask, "Why on earth would you believe that?" Eberflus knows this offense at a granular level. No, he shouldn't interfere with the coordinators. But he is an integral part of the entire team - all coaches, all players, all schemes. This is HIS team... it is his career and his livelihood. JMO.
If Flus is intelligent and humble, he knows that he is more knowledgeable and experienced in defense than offense and will act accordingly. To quote Clint Eastwood, “A man has to know his limitations.”
I agree totally that he is more knowledgeable about defense. That's what he's been for 36 years now as a player and coach (BTW, years ago he played under Nick Saban as a player on defense). He has developed some really good players over those many years as a coach too. If you read up on him, he seems to be a fascinating guy. He sounds like a guy who has great personal skills as a coach who can connect with players and truly develop them to their ceiling potential. He is described as an overachiever and he has been able to get his players to overachieve.
But I do believe fans often fail to realize that these guys who coached one side of the ball - they understand the other side of the ball well too. If they didn't they would not succeed at the NFL level - not without having a solid knowledge of the opposing unit... they HAVE to in order to be successful. Some fans act like these guys know nothing about the other side of the ball. That defies logic. In fact I would bet that Eberflus does - at critical game moments - have gameplay input on offense. I would be shocked if he didn't. Again, he doesn't call plays (obviously) but ultimately the buck stops with him as the HC.
To anyone who thinks these three units operate totally independent of the head coach, I would ask, "Why on earth would you believe that?" Eberflus knows this offense at a granular level. No, he shouldn't interfere with the coordinators. But he is an integral part of the entire team - all coaches, all players, all schemes. This is HIS team... it is his career and his livelihood. JMO.
It is one thing to know the opposing unit enough to be good at game planning your unit, but a whole different level of knowledge to game plan and call the plays for the opposing unit
I agree totally that he is more knowledgeable about defense. That's what he's been for 36 years now as a player and coach (BTW, years ago he played under Nick Saban as a player on defense). He has developed some really good players over those many years as a coach too. If you read up on him, he seems to be a fascinating guy. He sounds like a guy who has great personal skills as a coach who can connect with players and truly develop them to their ceiling potential. He is described as an overachiever and he has been able to get his players to overachieve.
But I do believe fans often fail to realize that these guys who coached one side of the ball - they understand the other side of the ball well too. If they didn't they would not succeed at the NFL level - not without having a solid knowledge of the opposing unit... they HAVE to in order to be successful. Some fans act like these guys know nothing about the other side of the ball. That defies logic. In fact I would bet that Eberflus does - at critical game moments - have gameplay input on offense. I would be shocked if he didn't. Again, he doesn't call plays (obviously) but ultimately the buck stops with him as the HC.
To anyone who thinks these three units operate totally independent of the head coach, I would ask, "Why on earth would you believe that?" Eberflus knows this offense at a granular level. No, he shouldn't interfere with the coordinators. But he is an integral part of the entire team - all coaches, all players, all schemes. This is HIS team... it is his career and his livelihood. JMO.
It is one thing to know the opposing unit enough to be good at game planning your unit, but a whole different level of knowledge to game plan and call the plays for the opposing unit
LOL, be patient with me here, BIH. Humor me... and think about this objectively with an open mind. If a person has invested 35+ years putting offenses under a microscope (and I mean player-by-player, snap by snap, scheme by scheme, day by day, team by team) how could that guy NOT intimately know every minuscule piece of an offense - even more - there would not be an offensive scheme that person had not dissected and studied. It would be your entire life of study professionally.
These guys would have spent thousands and thousands of hours studying offenses.
There is not a call to be made that these guys haven't seen a zillion times and game planned for. It just stands to reason they can call those plays... and probably damned effectively because they dead-bang KNOW the ramifications upon an opposing defense, due to having lived that on the OTHER side of the ball. We fans (and I include myself here, definitely) think we know all about this stuff. But we don't. I really have zero doubt a successful guy like coach Eberflus would know offenses inside-and-out.
FYI: Jones signing in ARI was ranked by one outlet as the worst FA signing this off-season. Massive overpay for a rotational player. I think Pickens or Dexter steps in a replaces Jones without a hitch.
I agree. I am expecting both to take big steps forward this year. I saw a pic of Dexter on Twitter showing off the results of a year in a NFL training program.
