If you follow all the talk on BBI, we hear how great an asst. coach Flaherty is. I have a challenge to this.
When a team has the worst offensive line in football, the line coach cannot get a free pass. I won't blame him for all of it but he does deserve some of the responsibility in my opinion. Injuries are the biggest cause but it is the lack of quality backups that bother me. His input to Reese and Coughlin have to be heard. He should fully understand the capabilities of Brewer, Mosely, Boothe and the rest of the line.
If part of his job is to develop the young talent of those on the bench, he failed. Again, I don't blame him for a broken leg or bad hip but I do for the utter crap we put on the field when the injuries did occur.
or a combination of both...
its hard to say... but there is certainly a disconnect ... and i am quite shocked our OL free agent signings look as they do.
Certainly hope the draft makes things better but drafting OL in 1-2 rounds is not going to happen.
Are Brewer, Mosley, Goodin, etc. better or aren't they?
It is merely a question mark that should be analyzed. If he realized that he had inferior calibre material he should have been more vocal. If he was more vocal then Tom and/or Jerry should be brought to task.
Hey, any way you slice it, last in the league is not good. All aspects of the problem should be reviewed. Certainly the Line Coach should be in the discussion. Don't you agree?
A lot of the issues with the Oline have been due to players getting older as well as injuries. I don't think you can put that on the Oline coach.
When we hired Flahrety, the Oline was a mess and Flahrety has largely been able to consistently put up solid offensive lines without the premium investment in picks and talent. The Oline was good enough to win a pair of SB rings.
In the ten years under Flahrety we have had guys like Snee, Beatty Pugh and signed McKenzie, but we also have had solid performances from guys like O'Hara, Seubert, Diehl, Boothe, Locklear etc.
Thinking about it more, we have had a solid set of lineman together for a long time, more than anything our issues have been a result of not developing young guys behind them. We have drafted guys but they haven't developed.
I guess the flip side is that our discards like Whimper and McCants have been able to contribute elsewhere.
I do also think there has been a disjoint between the guys we have drafted and the mauler style of linemen we need for our power running game under Coughlin.
Pat looks TC in the eye and answers, "I'm better than Quinn." TC sighs and says, "Don't be late for today's meeting."
If so, they why hasn't he worked magic on the previous depth guys? This team has not convincingly ran the ball in many years. You can look at the rushing stats drop off a cliff a few years back and never bounce back. That's some great coaching there.
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How do you feel about Gilbride, Jr., replacing Pope? He was a legend also, around here.....Yet he was released...did he over rate Robinson and Donnell, and more importantly Meyers, to Reese? Hard to believe he is more qualified...
The Giants had SIX different starting lines this year.. and some of those players like Snee, Baas and Diehl were playing hurt.. and not just a little hurt.. badly hurt..
They have not restocked the line well over the years with QUALITY picks.. sure they have picked OL.. but they havent invested the higher picks to get better talent..
we have wasted those picks on studs like Sintim.. Barden.. Austin.. Beckum.. Dillard..
You cannot turn crap into gold..