[washingtonismoney]

I must admit, losing Pep might not be the worst thing for the team. I agree with others that his offense wasn't particularly creative or high-powered the past two years. The 2011 team excelled not because of a "decided schematic advantage" or play calling, but because you had Decastro, Martin et al blocking for Andrew Luck, Stepfan Taylor and a couple elite TEs. But maybe I'm not giving enough credit to Pep for enabling that success.

"Having loads of offensive talent makes it easy to succeed!"
--L.ane K.iffin

"No doubt about it!"
--John L. Smith

"Is this some sort of party or something?"
--Les Miles

"*choking noises*"
--Jeff Tedford

Anyway, I'll admit I wasn't enthralled by the offense this year; but while next year's offense might get better from a coaching perspective, it definitely might also get worse. I think the problem was more a lack of talent than a lack of coaching, in other words.

But the idea that we might well improve coaching-wise is a pretty common one, so I'll pose this question: why were so many coaches -- some pretty smart, successful ones to boot -- interested in hiring Pep Hamilton despite his awful, no-good, uncreative, bad-playcalling ways?

[washingtonismoney]

I must admit, losing Pep might not be the worst thing for the team. I agree with others that his offense wasn't particularly creative or high-powered the past two years. The 2011 team excelled not because of a "decided schematic advantage" or play calling, but because you had Decastro, Martin et al blocking for Andrew Luck, Stepfan Taylor and a couple elite TEs. But maybe I'm not giving enough credit to Pep for enabling that success.

"Having loads of offensive talent makes it easy to succeed!"
--L.ane K.iffin

"No doubt about it!"
--John L. Smith

"Is this some sort of party or something?"
--Les Miles

"*choking noises*"
--Jeff Tedford

Anyway, I'll admit I wasn't enthralled by the offense this year; but while next year's offense might get better from a coaching perspective, it definitely might also get worse. I think the problem was more a lack of talent than a lack of coaching, in other words.

But the idea that we might well improve coaching-wise is a pretty common one, so I'll pose this question: why were so many coaches -- some pretty smart, successful ones to boot -- interested in hiring Pep Hamilton despite his awful, no-good, uncreative, bad-playcalling ways?