01-06-2021, 01:52 PM
(01-06-2021, 09:50 AM)NOLA Wrote:(01-05-2021, 09:43 PM)asskickingboots Wrote: I feel like EB if anything would be a better head coach than an offensive coordinator. He's a motivator, a fun soundbite machine, a mentor, etc. But everyone really knows this offense is Andy's baby and I'm not sure how much of it has rubbed off on EB nor will I know until he's off on his own for a while.
I'm not just playing into archetypes either.
Bieniemy's only OC stint before this was at the collegiate level with the Colorado Buffaloes and both years they were dead last in PPG in the PAC 12 (19.6 in 2011, 17.8 in 2012). In 2012 they were tied for 4th fewest PPG in the country. They were on the low end of average in 2010 the year before he got there (24.6 PPG) so he had them headed in the wrong direction.
Maybe that isn't a totally fair way to look at it. 2011 was the first year Colorado was in the PAC-12, and everyone knows the Big XII doesn't know how to play defense. Maybe it's really the fault of the other coaches or the players and he just needs some decent ingredients to cook with.
Still, I'm putting a bit of a buyer's warning on EB if a team thinks they're getting a ready made offensive juggernaut in a can with him. But at the same time, I think he has some real potential as an organizational figurehead with the right pieces around him.
The reasons in bold are the reasons I think he's gonna be a good head coach, but frankly those are the things that make Andy a good head coach too. Way more so than his play-calling.
And I know Andy has had this late-career renaissance as a play-calling genius, but I think you're all forgetting he used to be the asshole with 60/40 run/pass play-call ratio who couldn't manage a 4- or 2-minute offense to save his life, so it is possible that working with some of the other guys has helped. Do you really think it was Andy or Bienemy who decided to run it 45 times against Buffalo this year?
I could see it being either or both that wanted to run more at the time. The team needed to develop the run game more and it was working that night. The Bills kept running pass rush blitzes and the Chiefs ran past them until the Bills were demoralized.
Going back to his college playcalling tendencies EB had a slightly higher than average run/pass ratio, slightly below 50/50 one year and slightly above the next, but nothing crazy. They only averaged 3.5 ypc in 2011 and 3.1 ypc in 2012, so maybe he really wanted to run more but didn't have the personnel for it.
But yes, Andy has a well earned reputation, both the negatives and the positives. I think his overall strategery holds more value than you do, but no doubt his ability to connect with people is a huge factor in his abilities as a coach and I do see a lot of those values in Bieniemy.
Btw, the Chargers have requested an interview with him. So far EB has interview requests from the Jets, Jags, Lion, Chargers, and actually already interviewed with the Falcons. The Texans are the only team with a vacancy that haven't requested an interview... yet.