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The assistants and coordinators right now seem inadequate.  Bloomgren seems to be neither competent or able at handling the OL coaching duties.  If he's still an OC, he needs to quit that too.

I watched the game with a former Stanford offensive tackle from just before my time--he and I are in agreement that Stanford lacks the edge or mentality that Harbaugh recruited for, and that's one of the issues with watching these players play.  The other more pressing issue is that what talent we have isn't translating into production, and we both think that's squarely on the coaches.  Hogan also hasn't really developed as a QB, and we suspect Harbaugh wouldn't have left that unaddressed while Shaw seems to have decided to work with what he had.

Also, arm tackles and missing open field tackles are signs of BS.  Leaving Mariota uncovered and allowing RBs to waltz through the line into open grass is BS.  Do we miss Mason?  Who's responsible for the drop off in defensive play?  Or rather, how is everyone so out of position that arm tackles are all they can attempt?  Bad scheme?

Given that Mike Bloomgren has coached the offensive line since 2011, it seems a bit of a stretch to say that he is "not competent or able at [sic] handling the OL coaching duties."  Now, maybe he is not able to do so while also serving as the Andrew Luck director of the offense, but surely no one complained of the offensive line in 2011, 2012, or 2013.  Given that last year he was named the offensive line coordinator of the year by football scoop, I am surprised at how quickly his offensive line coaching talents have been indicted.  Our offensive line is problematic right now, but I don't think that Bloombgren's competence is the reason.  Maybe he's overstretched.  Maybe our highly recruited offensive line is overrated.  Maybe it's just a matter of time, and they are developing a bit more slowly than is typical.


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The assistants and coordinators right now seem inadequate.  Bloomgren seems to be neither competent or able at handling the OL coaching duties.  If he's still an OC, he needs to quit that too.

I watched the game with a former Stanford offensive tackle from just before my time--he and I are in agreement that Stanford lacks the edge or mentality that Harbaugh recruited for, and that's one of the issues with watching these players play.  The other more pressing issue is that what talent we have isn't translating into production, and we both think that's squarely on the coaches.  Hogan also hasn't really developed as a QB, and we suspect Harbaugh wouldn't have left that unaddressed while Shaw seems to have decided to work with what he had.

Also, arm tackles and missing open field tackles are signs of BS.  Leaving Mariota uncovered and allowing RBs to waltz through the line into open grass is BS.  Do we miss Mason?  Who's responsible for the drop off in defensive play?  Or rather, how is everyone so out of position that arm tackles are all they can attempt?  Bad scheme?

Given that Mike Bloomgren has coached the offensive line since 2011, it seems a bit of a stretch to say that he is "not competent or able at [sic] handling the OL coaching duties."  Now, maybe he is not able to do so while also serving as the Andrew Luck director of the offense, but surely no one complained of the offensive line in 2011, 2012, or 2013.  Given that last year he was named the offensive line coordinator of the year by football scoop, I am surprised at how quickly his offensive line coaching talents have been indicted.  Our offensive line is problematic right now, but I don't think that Bloombgren's competence is the reason.  Maybe he's overstretched.  Maybe our highly recruited offensive line is overrated.  Maybe it's just a matter of time, and they are developing a bit more slowly than is typical.


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