i think this time Rooney really puts the pressure on Tomlin to make an outside the box hire for OC and not another lazy promote from within type move.
Matt Canada enters the portal
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i think this time Rooney really puts the pressure on Tomlin to make an outside the box hire for OC and not another lazy promote from within type move.
Yes true but their owner wanted Watson and wouldn’t listen to the GM or HC. They got him, gave him ridiculous money and hasn’t been close to his former self. Now he’s hurt, when they easily could’ve had CJ Stroud and been set. So they still can shat themselves in true Browns fashion. 😂
some people don't want to hear that.
Points scored per game in his lone season as OC : 28, 42, 38, 36, 43, 37, 45, 36, 28, 43, 56, 76, and 24.
I don't know as I Pitt fan I wouldn't mind this.
They are not going to hire him anyways, just think it's crazy to say he wasn't good @ Pitt.
not since the Pitt kid had the "I wanna bohn Linda Kohn" placard have I enjoyed a sign as much...
Wow, totally unexpected but one heck of a great Thanksgiving present!!
I like Moorehead but his offenses at Akron have been horrible. Really his only good stint was at PSU where he had NFL guys all over the field.
WILL do much worse than 2016 Canada. No doubt in my mind.
gotta think that 14 second last possession had to be the straw that broke the Lizzo's back....Could not believe they did not run it on first down or at least have Warren in the backfield for some sort of deception that they would do so...
Yeah he sucks but ‘his whole career’? At least give him some credit for the 1 year where he guided one simply superb Pitt offense.
Well if you’re gonna narrow it down to 2016 Canada then I’d agree. Not likely they’ll be better on offense. Plus they Don’t have “the material”.
But is 2016 Canada who he is or was that just one of those outliers where everything worked for whatever reason?
He was ok prior to Pitt and lousy since.
that was very bad, but to me the play that epitomized the Canada era was that swing pass to Warren where 4 defenders were waiting for him. Everyone thought it was a screen but watching the play after the fact you can see the 3 WR were running patterns and had no intention of blocking to setup a screen.
Yeah, a career NFL position coach would be a great pick. Why, you ask, would someone suggest that the mess that is Pitt football hire a guy with zero playcalling experience? And the Bears offense?!?!?!?!
Ahhh--the answer--he was a walk on QB at Pitt 15 years ago. That's a great credential.
Please.
Noah has No-ah credibility on this subject.
Not firing him after 2021 is inexcusable incompetence. The only time the offense ever did shit that year was when the QB literally ignored the OC and you bring the OC back. Dumblin and dumber Rooney
Not true, he put up very similar numbers at Oregon. He only took the Akron job to be close to Pittsburgh where most of his family lives. Before PS, he was at Fordham where he put up records for yards and points
It was one hell of a season though, there's no denying that. His play design and play calling were as good as I've ever seen at the college level short of the Joe Brady/Burrow LSU offense..
But I tend to agree with your third line. The Canada Pitt redux would likely be a major disappointment for all parties.
Probably not a poplar opinion in these parts but I kind of wish USC would have beaten UCLA last week...
Or maybe some are inclined to evaluate a coach based on body of work rather than one game against a strong opponent. JMU has been excellent offensively and defensively.
Agree on the Pitt guy thing though.
As a smarter football man than any of us once said, it's not about how much you run the ball or pass it, it's about how well you run it or pass it. Run-pass ratio is irrelevant and wining TOP are irrelevant, it's all about whatever gets the ball across the goal line as many times as possible in 60 minutes of game clock.
He can go back to Psu. Don’t want someone on the decline. I want a hungry OC on the rise.
Not that simple, but even so I doubt we'll be able to make that kind of an eval until next season.
No
Every reporter stated the Rooney’s refuse to pay someone not to work , because they are notoriously cheap .
Yep, no problem saying you don’t want anything to do with him at Pitt now but you have to at least acknowledge how good that 2016 offense was as opposed to saying his entire OC career was trash.
there is usually some culpability on the QB in those situations to make a read pre-snap, see that coming, and option to another play.
Yes
Just my opinion based on some things reading the weeks prior to this
But yes, just opinion
I’m not reporter
Option out of another entirely predictable play calling - means audibles 90% of the time
We have the 84th ranked passing attack in the ncaa. Cignetti might attempt passes but it isn’t an efficient or explosive passing attack
Tomlin said it was his decision and his alone. Dulac said it was Rooney’s decision. We will never know I guess.Yes
Just my opinion based on some things reading the weeks prior to this
But yes, just opinion
I’m not reporter
What I would have asked him if I was in te presser…”mike, when do you make the decision? After the game? On the way home? Over a drink Sunday night? After watching the film?” He probably would have said all of the above. But who knows.
I hope I'm wrong, but I can see nothing changing, risk free, no passes downfield or in the middle, same ultra conservative play scared garbage and Kenny has no TDs and 120 yards and we lose 17-13, I won't be shocked at all, that's what I expect.
