Siouxhawk":tnunmcaa said:
Alas, maybe everyone should gain some perspective now as to these slow starts, as applied to both games and season.
Pete wants to dominate our foes with the running game by wearing them down in the first half and then imposing our will in the second half. It sounds like he's hoping Rawls will be the bell cow. Pete also loves the big-strike play, also made possible by the run game as defenses crowd the box.
He's not going to change his ways people. For those of you clamoring for as much scoring in the early quarters as the later ones, I'd advise you to embrace Pete's philosophy and be patient with the system or find a new endeavor to occupy your Sundays for the sake of your well-being. 'Cause he's not going to change anytime soon.
You made some good points here Sioux.
Pete is seemingly ever trying to recapture the 2013 team. That team executed his entire philosophy on offense and defense to his idea of perfection and substantiated his modern theory on the game. The problem now is that he keeps trying to fit these square 2016 pegs and duds into that 2013 round hole of success.
Notoriously stubborn Pete will seemingly not alter the offense or defense much at all. It is indeed his offensive theory that we're seeing and it's very frustrating that he just doesn't appear to want to adapt to the changing scene. More frustrating is that he did adjust some last year by adding spread features and now, it's gone again.
And while it's Pete's overall offensive design we see, what is maddening regarding Bevell though is different, i.e. the situational playcalling fiascos (Collins back to back, Graham not sent out for a redzone route, hurt Wilson RO, strange personnel split wide, continuous empty set on short yardage, no play action unless it's 3rd and long, no standard RB screens or other basic plays to defeat a blitz etc. etc.) So while everyone agrees the line is a disaster and injuries are compounding problems, there's still the feeling that with the talent we do have, we should simply be a little better on offense right now.
What is concerning to me and others regarding the big picture is that despite all our success the last several years, there's still this underlying feeling that this window won't last forever and we don't want to sink back into Seahawk mediocrity. Wilson may not be able to scramble like he used to and create improv magic for years and years. The defense may only have a couple more years in their prime, if that-no guarantee that we'll be able to reload. The real fear is that lifetime fans like myself who grew up in the Patera and Knox eras, who suffered through decades of always disappointing subpar football, won't have a true championship contender again for awhile. Make no mistake, I'm certainly hopeful Pete and Co. can get things turned around and our season is far from over, but it's just disturbing what we've seen thus far this year.