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I'm not alone in noting this.  But most of the comments focus on replacing Bloomgren as OC for offensive scheme failings.  Fact is, when taking on OC responsibilities he damaged his chances at continuing our recent excellent OL tradition ...and increased his problems executing his offensive plan.  It has been mentioned many times over the years and has the added advantage of being true that more teaching and technique go into the OL than any other position.  Gotta be that way for 5/6 guys to meld different physical skills with an offensive scheme and the timing of the other offensive players.  In many of the other previous regimes, including Harbaugh, two coaches were working the OL...one on the interior and a second w/ tackles and TEs.  This seems like a no-brainer.  Bloomgren knows his OL stuff, but you gotta wonder if he'd take the nominal demotion.  Well, whoever it is, he should have only one thing on his mind: how to make the OL better and develop the younger players as part of that.

Quite apart from the Shaw lynch mob atmosphere,  this move to take a high-functioning position coach and put him in a position to be mediocre at several responsibilities rests squarely on Shaw's shoulders.  He's gotta own it as a mistake and he's gotta fix it.

P.S.  There is a legit argument that early in Harbaugh/Shaw we had an exceptionally gifted OL recruiting and that there is no substitute for physical talent.  And boy do we miss those guys.  OK, but that there will always be talent hits and misses, variability in development, that's all the more reason for the OL coach(es) to be spending the bulk of his time evaluating/ recruiting/ teaching replacement talent of equal caliber. 

[Redrum]

I'm not alone in noting this.  But most of the comments focus on replacing Bloomgren as OC for offensive scheme failings.  Fact is, when taking on OC responsibilities he damaged his chances at continuing our recent excellent OL tradition ...and increased his problems executing his offensive plan.  It has been mentioned many times over the years and has the added advantage of being true that more teaching and technique go into the OL than any other position.  Gotta be that way for 5/6 guys to meld different physical skills with an offensive scheme and the timing of the other offensive players.  In many of the other previous regimes, including Harbaugh, two coaches were working the OL...one on the interior and a second w/ tackles and TEs.  This seems like a no-brainer.  Bloomgren knows his OL stuff, but you gotta wonder if he'd take the nominal demotion.  Well, whoever it is, he should have only one thing on his mind: how to make the OL better and develop the younger players as part of that.

Quite apart from the Shaw lynch mob atmosphere,  this move to take a high-functioning position coach and put him in a position to be mediocre at several responsibilities rests squarely on Shaw's shoulders.  He's gotta own it as a mistake and he's gotta fix it.

P.S.  There is a legit argument that early in Harbaugh/Shaw we had an exceptionally gifted OL recruiting and that there is no substitute for physical talent.  And boy do we miss those guys.  OK, but that there will always be talent hits and misses, variability in development, that's all the more reason for the OL coach(es) to be spending the bulk of his time evaluating/ recruiting/ teaching replacement talent of equal caliber.