GusFrerotte
09-28-2009, 12:58 PM
I questioned whether the defense would take a step back after Greg Williams left. The first year not so much. Blache stuck with most of the schemes Greg Williams used and our defense played decent. Greg used to rush the CBs and the safeties. It seems like he is doing less of that this year. We go with older lineman over more talented youth. Our Dbs play 10 yards off the ball. We only rush 4 D lineman. We put Orakpo at LB where is he a liability in coverage instead of using him on the D line.
We aren't good at tackling. Our secondary scheme sucks and we get no pressure on the QB so it makes the job even harder for the secondary. Has Blache not realized that "The Orakpo Experiment" is not working. You only hear his name during the game when he lines up as a rushers. I just feel like Blache is stubborn and has moved away from the Greg Williams scheme because he has become full of himself.
Someone commented and said that Greg Blache said that sacks are overrated. That tells of him being so full of himself that he thinks his schemes are better than common sense when it comes to football. At one point in the first half the Lions were 9-11 on 3rd down conversions. We can stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We have our issues on offense. But our D has underachieved by a long shot.
If your players are having problems tackling you make them work on it. If what you are doing is not working adapt and try something else. You can't keep doing the same things and expect different results. We go out and sign AH, draft Orakpo and pay D Hall all this money and our defense gets worse. Go figure!!
Can't blame Blache for the FO paying out gobs of dough for our FAs. Can't blame Blache when our DBs are getting beat. The poor bastard only can be effective as the talent on the field allows him to be. As for Zorn, the guy can't coach period. Lousy playcalling for sure, but let's face it, the WCO is archaic, a fossil, from the 80's-early 90's. Not only that but he is working with Gibbs personnel that was brought in here for a long ball air game. Can't put square blocks into round holes. Thomas, Kelly, and even Mitchell will be wastes of space with the WCO. Could you imagine this trio if Gibbs offense or even Norv's was still in place? Bottom line is I agree with Matty, everyone is at fault, even JC. Sure the system sucks, but players still need to execute. JC had a big game, but watching him in person, he was a lot less poised than Stafford, still threw dangerous passes(lucky he didn't get picked 3-4 times), and looked like he was out of it at times(3-4 lost snaps). All in all the team from top to bottom is mediocre and I hate to say it although I laughed at the Sporting News preseason 4-12 prediction, unless the ship is righted soon that is going to be a reality!!!!
We aren't good at tackling. Our secondary scheme sucks and we get no pressure on the QB so it makes the job even harder for the secondary. Has Blache not realized that "The Orakpo Experiment" is not working. You only hear his name during the game when he lines up as a rushers. I just feel like Blache is stubborn and has moved away from the Greg Williams scheme because he has become full of himself.
Someone commented and said that Greg Blache said that sacks are overrated. That tells of him being so full of himself that he thinks his schemes are better than common sense when it comes to football. At one point in the first half the Lions were 9-11 on 3rd down conversions. We can stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We have our issues on offense. But our D has underachieved by a long shot.
If your players are having problems tackling you make them work on it. If what you are doing is not working adapt and try something else. You can't keep doing the same things and expect different results. We go out and sign AH, draft Orakpo and pay D Hall all this money and our defense gets worse. Go figure!!
Can't blame Blache for the FO paying out gobs of dough for our FAs. Can't blame Blache when our DBs are getting beat. The poor bastard only can be effective as the talent on the field allows him to be. As for Zorn, the guy can't coach period. Lousy playcalling for sure, but let's face it, the WCO is archaic, a fossil, from the 80's-early 90's. Not only that but he is working with Gibbs personnel that was brought in here for a long ball air game. Can't put square blocks into round holes. Thomas, Kelly, and even Mitchell will be wastes of space with the WCO. Could you imagine this trio if Gibbs offense or even Norv's was still in place? Bottom line is I agree with Matty, everyone is at fault, even JC. Sure the system sucks, but players still need to execute. JC had a big game, but watching him in person, he was a lot less poised than Stafford, still threw dangerous passes(lucky he didn't get picked 3-4 times), and looked like he was out of it at times(3-4 lost snaps). All in all the team from top to bottom is mediocre and I hate to say it although I laughed at the Sporting News preseason 4-12 prediction, unless the ship is righted soon that is going to be a reality!!!!