Originally posted by cciowa:Originally posted by 9ers4eva:Originally posted by Hysterikal:Remember all the praise we received about our creative running game? Or our creative penalty inducing shifts? Roman did have a underwhelming passing attack but and he was definately the one that got most of the blame for our weak offense but looking back he wasn't all bad.
All bad no. Just mediocre. Much more like a bunt single than a grand slam. Only place guy had been an actual full OC was High School.
What the hell was so creative about it? we had a very good run blocking offensive line so we just ran frank gore and imposed our will on most teams, we also had hunter who was a nice back and got about three good things from james. romans creativity came when we would do things like.. oh run away from the run game when it was working against the colts,, run a reverse on a wet field with a wet ball in a title game vs the giants,. run a toss to ginn at our own two yard line vs the rams, oh yes first and goal from the 7 in a super bowl and even when james got two yards. he opted to use frank as a decoy. etc etc. when he stuck to the basics we won. when he decided to become the nutty professor and think he was smarter than the game, with the express written consent from the enabler jh.. we looked foolish and lost
Roman's creativity = use of different personnel packages and motion to create better running lanes/opportunities for the backs.
Alex's TD run against the Saints in the playoffs? Pure Roman. Dude knew a thing or two or three. Just had some bad habits.