Falcons: Real Talk: Coach Smith

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(09-26-2011 12:53 PM)Statick Wrote:  So, that's your only issue with what I stated about MM?

Alrighty, then.

Your copied article is such a ridiculous spin job that I didn't feel the need to even get into it.

Concerning your general complaint about Mularkey, I'm convinced that some people just want success, and they don't care how, and they don't understand what makes success.

People throw around that we should do this more, or do that more, or wonder why we do this or that, and simply don't understand why it's going on and what happens when we try things differently.

People wanted us to spread the defense out more, send 5 guys out on pass patterns, and not run so much. What happens? Our mediocre offensive line, now hobbled by an aging C coming off injury and a first time starter in Reynolds, is getting by just 3-4 pass rushers almost instantly.

How do you fix that? You run the ball, leave in extra blockers, and run short timing based routes that can be quickly thrown to a spot for an easy completion. Well, now you're not "explosive" and you're "predictable."

People want to scream about Turner not being elusive and being slow... when he's getting hit 2-3 yards behind the LOS. People want to ignorantly rant on about how Matt Ryan needs to start chucking it down the field. Others want to mouth off about how Mularkey needs to use "better routes." Blah blah blah, I've heard it all. The reality is that it all comes back to the offensive line. You give us an above average line instead of the garbage happening on the field right now, we wouldn't be having any problems at all.

There is no scheme, play, playbook, system, philosophy, etc. that can overcome an offensive line that gets beat consistently by the defensive line of the other team. None, nada, and that's all there is to it. Our offensive line shapes up, and you see a Top 5 offense. Our offensive line continues to perform as poorly as it has, then you can change the OC 50 times, and you're still going to see different looking versions of the same results.