Yeah, no kidding. Shanahan is an offensive savant. Shaw was demoted in his final year as "OC." It's not an apples-to-apples comparison. That's not even a debate.
I think there is a very slow burn where Pritchard is slooowly gaining some influence here, especially in the early scripted stuff. Just because the offense was awful doesn't mean we weren't at least trying some new things. In fact, my major complaint as of now is that Captain Conservative/Mr. Denny's Menu continues to take over in important situations and later in the game, deviating from generally quite successful first drives I believe are orchestrated by Pritchard. Short-yardage 4 TE sets with a bunch of freshman OL and a walk-on TE because "it worked 3 years ago." Maddening.
I think there is a very slow burn where Pritchard is slooowly gaining some influence here, especially in the early scripted stuff. Just because the offense was awful doesn't mean we weren't at least trying some new things. In fact, my major complaint as of now is that Captain Conservative/Mr. Denny's Menu continues to take over in important situations and later in the game, deviating from generally quite successful first drives I believe are orchestrated by Pritchard. Short-yardage 4 TE sets with a bunch of freshman OL and a walk-on TE because "it worked 3 years ago." Maddening.