Scripting the first 10 offensive plays

The great Bill Walsh scripted the first 20. He was a god amongst men.

Scripting is still a HUGE fad, and as posted above Bill Walsh innovated it going all the way back to 1979. Some of the most successful offenses in the NFL today like the Falcons, Saints, and Eagles still do it. -It speaks loudly to game-planning, and prepares a coordinator/team better (not to mention it eases half-time adjustments) so that things can be tweaked/changed faster on the run.

I still cannot believe Jimmy Raye didn't do this... I am disgusted by him as an OC. Mike Johnson was VERY liberal and VERY nice to say "He was one of the greatest football coaches I've ever been around." Good PR, dude!

Originally posted by chico49erfan:
I still cannot believe Jimmy Raye didn't do this... I am disgusted by him as an OC. Mike Johnson was VERY liberal and VERY nice to say "He was one of the greatest football coaches I've ever been around." Good PR, dude!

Yeah, it's infuriating to hear your OC mumbling from the booth, picking plays off the top of his head (scrambling through his notebook, totally unprepared for what's ahead of him.)

Sure Raye did what Sing told him to do, but even if you're following a run-first philosophy you can't use that as a scapegoat when your inept of communication skills, with shotty game-planning/depressing emphasis on the fundamentals.

Man I remember when Shanahan was here, he'd sell our offense on the system so well that he'd almost guarantee certain plays were 'instant' TDs (and they 'almost' always were cause the offense believed in his philosophy).

Originally posted by SnakePlissken:

Originally posted by chico49erfan:
I still cannot believe Jimmy Raye didn't do this... I am disgusted by him as an OC. Mike Johnson was VERY liberal and VERY nice to say "He was one of the greatest football coaches I've ever been around." Good PR, dude!

Yeah, it's infuriating to hear your OC mumbling from the booth, picking plays off the top of his head (scrambling through his notebook, totally unprepared for what's ahead of him.)

Sure Raye did what Sing told him to do, but even if you're following a run-first philosophy you can't use that as a scapegoat when your inept of communication skills, with shotty game-planning/depressing emphasis on the fundamentals.

Man I remember when Shanahan was here, he'd sell our offense on the system so well that he'd almost guarantee certain plays were 'instant' TDs (and they 'almost' always were cause the offense believed in his philosophy).

I remember watching a special on steve young and the night before the superbowl, he and shanahan went over the playbook and all the scenarios and all the "looks" San Diego would give the niners. shanahan said that "if they do this, you do that. it should be a touch down". amazing what dedication and preparation can do.

Originally posted by SnakePlissken:

Originally posted by chico49erfan:
I still cannot believe Jimmy Raye didn't do this... I am disgusted by him as an OC. Mike Johnson was VERY liberal and VERY nice to say "He was one of the greatest football coaches I've ever been around." Good PR, dude!

Yeah, it's infuriating to hear your OC mumbling from the booth, picking plays off the top of his head (scrambling through his notebook, totally unprepared for what's ahead of him.)

Sure Raye did what Sing told him to do, but even if you're following a run-first philosophy you can't use that as a scapegoat when your inept of communication skills, with shotty game-planning/depressing emphasis on the fundamentals.

Man I remember when Shanahan was here, he'd sell our offense on the system so well that he'd almost guarantee certain plays were 'instant' TDs (and they 'almost' always were cause the offense believed in his philosophy).

I remember watching a special on steve young and the night before the superbowl, he and shanahan went over the playbook and all the scenarios and all the "looks" San Diego would give the niners. shanahan said that "if they do this, you do that. it should be a touch down". amazing what dedication and preparation can do.