Roman called a much better game...he got the ball downfield into the hands of the recievers who made some nice catches in stride and good YAC that's what we have wanted to see all year.
I hope this continues and Roman keeps it up. With CK7 finally free and starting hopefully vs Saints when can open up the offense more now.
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Nov 20, 2012 at 5:07 PM
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Nov 20, 2012 at 5:55 PM
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looks like another all nighter on the office couch for Roman with the Saints coming up.
Nov 26, 2012 at 7:06 PM
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Both would be great RT @BTNTomDienhart: Seeing and hearing@CoachDuzzMSU (Pat Narduzzi) mentioned for Boston College job. Greg Roman, too
Nov 26, 2012 at 7:16 PM
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Every time I think of Greg roman the first thing that pops into my mind is, "I wish it was David Shaw".
Nov 26, 2012 at 7:43 PM
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Originally posted by monsterzero789:
Every time I think of Greg roman the first thing that pops into my mind is, "I wish it was David Shaw".
LOL! Have wondered about this myself! If...?
Nov 27, 2012 at 8:04 AM
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After a brilliant game plan against the Bears (one that most likely was originally created knowing Alex was our starter and one CK executed to perfection) he comes back and puts up another "ho-hum" game plan. Like I said before, when he's on, he's on. But when he's off, he's really off.
And even with the mobility of CK, in the end, we had pedestrian stats and rarely got our best receivers the ball.
I felt this was a game he could really have exploited the Saints. To be fair, the Saints defense had been playing much better as of late, they were at home and they played this game like a playoff game (revenge factor) b/c they absolutely needed it to have a shot at making it to the playoffs.
That said, everyone and their mother KNEW they'd blitz early and often (esp. through the A-gaps) and would stack the box with 8-9 men and force CK to throw. But instead of the vanilla Cover-1 we saw against the Bears where our receivers won every 1on1 matchup on National TV, the Saints would roll more coverages and throw out some more exotic coverages (see the INT).
This was a chance to get the ball out quickly and exploit an aggressive front. Did we see a single RB screen (edge or middle)? How many sweeps did we run? WR screen? Quick slant? How many times was it obvious they were stacking to stop the run and we didn't check out (or only had two running plays called) and ran into a brick wall?
In the end, only 6 catches for our WR's and 3 to Walker and 5 to our RB's. After devising excellent, creative 1on1 mismatches for VD early and often against the Bears to get he and CK into a passing rhythm, he had 0 catches this game and once again, our passing game looked vanilla and pedestrian. 0 catches for Moss, Hunter and Williams.
The things I did like was that we finally used Miller in the passing game some, liked some of his 3rd down calls, that he stayed with the run to get some late yards (144 total) and esp. the play calling and execution on the final big drive that killed the clock.
But to me, this was a prime game where Roman knew from the beginning CK would be our man and aside from a few risky designed roll outs (mostly to run, not throw), I don't feel like he took advantage of his skill set or of our best receivers against a defense that was prime for the taking. I think the 14 points put up by the defense and the non-TO's masked a poor game plan by Roman IMHO.
And even with the mobility of CK, in the end, we had pedestrian stats and rarely got our best receivers the ball.
I felt this was a game he could really have exploited the Saints. To be fair, the Saints defense had been playing much better as of late, they were at home and they played this game like a playoff game (revenge factor) b/c they absolutely needed it to have a shot at making it to the playoffs.
That said, everyone and their mother KNEW they'd blitz early and often (esp. through the A-gaps) and would stack the box with 8-9 men and force CK to throw. But instead of the vanilla Cover-1 we saw against the Bears where our receivers won every 1on1 matchup on National TV, the Saints would roll more coverages and throw out some more exotic coverages (see the INT).
This was a chance to get the ball out quickly and exploit an aggressive front. Did we see a single RB screen (edge or middle)? How many sweeps did we run? WR screen? Quick slant? How many times was it obvious they were stacking to stop the run and we didn't check out (or only had two running plays called) and ran into a brick wall?
In the end, only 6 catches for our WR's and 3 to Walker and 5 to our RB's. After devising excellent, creative 1on1 mismatches for VD early and often against the Bears to get he and CK into a passing rhythm, he had 0 catches this game and once again, our passing game looked vanilla and pedestrian. 0 catches for Moss, Hunter and Williams.
The things I did like was that we finally used Miller in the passing game some, liked some of his 3rd down calls, that he stayed with the run to get some late yards (144 total) and esp. the play calling and execution on the final big drive that killed the clock.
But to me, this was a prime game where Roman knew from the beginning CK would be our man and aside from a few risky designed roll outs (mostly to run, not throw), I don't feel like he took advantage of his skill set or of our best receivers against a defense that was prime for the taking. I think the 14 points put up by the defense and the non-TO's masked a poor game plan by Roman IMHO.
Nov 30, 2012 at 8:32 PM
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http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2012/11/30/lamichael-james-or-brandon-jacobs-as-frank-gores-backup/
"Imagine what highly-innovative offensive coordinator Greg Roman could do with James. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick might be quite comfortable with James because they both come from similar college systems. In fact, the 49ers have the opportunity to go full on pistol/Oregon offense in this game with Kaepernick and James. They could even go with the Chip Kelly, nonsensical placards on the sidelines, when they hold up a picture of a screw driver, Barney and Jerry Seinfeld. Kelly, the Oregon head coach uses the placards to symbolize the play call. Who wouldn't want to see that?"
Nov 30, 2012 at 8:49 PM
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Originally posted by NCommand:
After a brilliant game plan against the Bears (one that most likely was originally created knowing Alex was our starter and one CK executed to perfection) he comes back and puts up another "ho-hum" game plan. Like I said before, when he's on, he's on. But when he's off, he's really off.
And even with the mobility of CK, in the end, we had pedestrian stats and rarely got our best receivers the ball.
I felt this was a game he could really have exploited the Saints. To be fair, the Saints defense had been playing much better as of late, they were at home and they played this game like a playoff game (revenge factor) b/c they absolutely needed it to have a shot at making it to the playoffs.
That said, everyone and their mother KNEW they'd blitz early and often (esp. through the A-gaps) and would stack the box with 8-9 men and force CK to throw. But instead of the vanilla Cover-1 we saw against the Bears where our receivers won every 1on1 matchup on National TV, the Saints would roll more coverages and throw out some more exotic coverages (see the INT).
This was a chance to get the ball out quickly and exploit an aggressive front. Did we see a single RB screen (edge or middle)? How many sweeps did we run? WR screen? Quick slant? How many times was it obvious they were stacking to stop the run and we didn't check out (or only had two running plays called) and ran into a brick wall?
In the end, only 6 catches for our WR's and 3 to Walker and 5 to our RB's. After devising excellent, creative 1on1 mismatches for VD early and often against the Bears to get he and CK into a passing rhythm, he had 0 catches this game and once again, our passing game looked vanilla and pedestrian. 0 catches for Moss, Hunter and Williams.
The things I did like was that we finally used Miller in the passing game some, liked some of his 3rd down calls, that he stayed with the run to get some late yards (144 total) and esp. the play calling and execution on the final big drive that killed the clock.
But to me, this was a prime game where Roman knew from the beginning CK would be our man and aside from a few risky designed roll outs (mostly to run, not throw), I don't feel like he took advantage of his skill set or of our best receivers against a defense that was prime for the taking. I think the 14 points put up by the defense and the non-TO's masked a poor game plan by Roman IMHO.
We were annihilated by penalties all day. Vernon dropped a pass, then had a catch that was called back. Crabtree had a big play catch that was called back. That was about 70 yards of plays lost right there.
I do agree that Roman got far too cute again with the play calling. All the cute stuff got shut down. Why the heck can't we just drop back and pass the football? That seems to work best for us most of the time. We don't need that other crap.
Nov 30, 2012 at 8:51 PM
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Originally posted by PTulini:
http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2012/11/30/lamichael-james-or-brandon-jacobs-as-frank-gores-backup/
"Imagine what highly-innovative offensive coordinator Greg Roman could do with James. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick might be quite comfortable with James because they both come from similar college systems. In fact, the 49ers have the opportunity to go full on pistol/Oregon offense in this game with Kaepernick and James. They could even go with the Chip Kelly, nonsensical placards on the sidelines, when they hold up a picture of a screw driver, Barney and Jerry Seinfeld. Kelly, the Oregon head coach uses the placards to symbolize the play call. Who wouldn't want to see that?"
This guy!
Nov 30, 2012 at 8:51 PM
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Roman & Alex going to AZ or KC
Dec 2, 2012 at 10:04 PM
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The Worst Called Game of the Harbaugh Era.... IMOFWIWTBPH
Dec 2, 2012 at 10:07 PM
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Originally posted by Garcia:
The Worst Called Game of the Harbaugh Era.... IMOFWIWTBPH
The playcalling in this game was horrendous. He aint no dam scientist.
Dec 3, 2012 at 10:54 AM
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Originally posted by 49rz4Life:
Originally posted by Garcia:
The Worst Called Game of the Harbaugh Era.... IMOFWIWTBPH
The playcalling in this game was horrendous. He aint no dam scientist.
Agreed!
Dec 3, 2012 at 10:58 AM
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this is great. Now no one will want Roman as their HC. Well played harbaugh, well played.
Dec 3, 2012 at 10:59 AM
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The guy can't make in game adjustments to save his life. And his jumbo packages suck balls