There is another debacle brewing...

by poopo on Oct 21, 2009 10:44 PM EDT

Is it me or do we seem to be continually rearranging the deck chairs on our proverbial titanic?

The Washington Post is reporting that Redskins OC Smith will move to the sidelines and will relay the plays to QB Campbell after getting them from OC Sherm in the box.... HC Zorn will still be allowed to listen in but do nothing....The title of the article should have read:

"Redskins offense is going to be playing telephone on the sidelines while the Eagles devour Jason Campbell".

Seriously, how much farther will this circus go?

Redskins offensive consultant Lewis practicing relaying the plays to Smith on Wednesday.

Poll

Who should be calling the plays on Monday night?

Sherminator

3 votes

Smith

2 votes

Zorn

12 votes

Campbell

16 votes

Collins

2 votes

Snyder

2 votes

Cerrato

3 votes

Bill Khayat

0 votes

My old high school coach

4 votes

Section 402 Row F Seat 8

21 votes

No one, Let's just wing it

13 votes

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Play-calling...

It should go…like this w/ everyone having head-sets…

Snyder→Cerrato→Sherm Lewis→Sherm Smith→Campbell

by Kevin Ewoldt on Oct 22, 2009 7:41 AM EDT reply actions

Remember...

the classroom thing where the teacher starts off whispering a phrase to one student and it gets repeated from one student to the next and the last person says something completely different from the original phrase?

Well, that has the makings of a great game plan, because it has to be an improvement over what they have done so far this year.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Oct 22, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions

Eliminate KevinE's middle men

and it would be transparent that Snyder knows nothing.

by Jefferson1935 on Oct 22, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

That picture...

priceless! The only thing better would be a series of cans and string.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Oct 22, 2009 9:20 AM EDT reply actions

The good news for JC

is that with all the delay of games penalties, he will be well rested to run for his life each play.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Oct 22, 2009 9:21 AM EDT reply actions

Whats wrong with this/

This is how it works with 90% of NFL teams

by Parks Smith on Oct 22, 2009 9:55 AM EDT reply actions

Not when...

the first link in the system doesn’t even know the terminology in Zorn’s playbook.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Oct 22, 2009 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Here’s the thing though, you’re making a mountain out of mole hill. I’m sure Sherm is a smart guy and has put together a call sheet, probably with the first 10 to 15 plays scripted. Sherm’s not going to call in a play using the terminology or yelling out “Deuce Right X55 Slant, Y97, H bravo, Alert 14”. All the guy is going to be saying is a number on the sheet and Smith will take it in and relay a # that JC looks up on his armband.

I’m sure the reason Smith is calling it in, is so there is no lapse in the terminology.

by Parks Smith on Oct 22, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes, I see your point...

but we have delays of game under normal circumstances and you cannot predict every down and distance + game situation(late, etc.) so you won’t have many or even any options planned for every play. (Hope that made sense). At some point he has to make decisions rather than do a table lookup. It’s either going to be dumbed down to childs play or the best called game in recent Skins history. Looking forward to seeing what happens.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Oct 22, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions

You would think

that scripted plays are a bad idea b/c they don’t consider game situation. Normally I think scripting plays is silly, but this way we don’t have to see another 3rd and 1 run left play.

by liger99 on Oct 22, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions

we have delays of game under normal circumstances

We do? We have TWO Delay of games all year, and one of them was on purpose against the Rams! The other came in Detroit.

This guy is a proven/veteran NFL OC, I think he knows what he’s doing. You don’t think that he has gone over every possible situation this week and picked 4 or 5 plays for abstract situations?

by Parks Smith on Oct 22, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions

what are you smoking?

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

by GeoFly on Oct 22, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah he's got 4 plays

B31, I19, N24, G52 and O69

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

by GeoFly on Oct 22, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions

WTF? You don’t think a guy that has 3 Super Bowl rings as a coach can get the job done. What am I smoking? What did I say that wasn’t logical at all?

by Parks Smith on Oct 22, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm with pas...

Let the guy get a week or 2 in and let’s see…..his ex-players speak very highly of him (Chris Carter and Antonio Freeman). He has a downfield mentality…..which fits our QB and receivers! Give hime a chance…..if it doesn’t work after a few games…..blast away!

by shvd98z24 on Oct 22, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Hopefully they script the first 15 plays

I don’t see how this is going to work without planning out the first series or two of plays. JC should also be given a few hot plays to call when things break down….because they will. This is probably too much to expect from them at this point.

by liger99 on Oct 22, 2009 10:22 AM EDT reply actions