All season long, he's been defending JJ's playing time by saying he's seeing it in practice...they're throwing the ball...they just need to get it to transfer to the field of play...etc... I guess he was telling the truth the whole time. I, for one, didn't believe him. I thought playing JJ was foolish. But if he can play like he did last night, and Coach knew it the whole time, I can no longer blame him. It's humbling, as a fan, to finally SEE that the coahces know best after all.
The play-calling has been horrible all year, one half of football doesn't make all of the criticism all year invalid. Crowton's play-calling hasn't help either QB grow or gain confidence all year.
Playcalling wasn't quite what I was talking about. I was referring to JJ's play in the second half. All I can think was that CLM has been telling us all year how good he can be and JJ FINALLY proved him right.
I don't think there was any doubt that Jefferson could be good, it's more question of whether he can do it on a regular basis. Glad he did when we needed it though.
So, what? Crowton read a book at halftime or something? It's the same guy calling the same plays. When they work, coaches look like geniuses. Execution, my man. That's the key. Now if you want to criticize the coaches for the routine lack of execution, have at it. You'll get no argument from me?
Quite a conundrum I find myself in here. I think it's silly for a fan to be 'humbled' to realize the coaches know more than he does, but I digress. I too have been unhappy with the playcalling, but I didn't see an amazing change of playcalling yesterday. I saw a QB (or two) actually put the ball where the receiver could: a) catch it b) do something with it after the catch There have been open receivers all year long. Just so happens yesterday, the QBs saw them, and hit them in stride. It didn't hurt that the receivers...most of the time...caught the friggin' ball.
You can call it silly but you know as well as I that there is a large contingent of fans that act like they KNOW what a coach should and shouldn't do, and they are particularly vocal when things aren't going well. For them to be proven wrong on such a large stage is, by definition, humbling.
And silly. Silly that they think they know more than the coaches. Silly to think a coach with the resume of Les Miles should be fired...even as he sits undefeated or with one loss thru 8 games. Where are they today? Humbled? Or silly? Either way...they're quiet...and it's deafening.
