Josh McDaniels Appreciation Thread - New England Patriots Forums

***Rob0729*** · 10-02-2007, 11:53 AM

Time to give this guy major kudos for his work so far this season. Last year he was bashed weekly for inadequecies in the offense eventhough he clearly didn't have the weapons. A lot of people were unwilling to discount the offensive problems we had a times to the fact that our WR corp consisted of Reche Caldwell and not much else for most of the year and our lead back was Corey Dillon who clearly lost a step and didn't have the stamina to play into the second half in a lot of games.

I can't see how any coordinator could have done a much better job than McDaniels has done this year. Yes, Moss is a freak, Welker is an incredible addition, Morris has far exceeded everyone's expectations, the o-line is blocking better than they ever had, and Brady is playing at a completely different level than the rest of the league; but you gotta think McDaniels has a lot to do with all of this. How many times have you questioned a call this year? How many times have we had to punt this year?

I think many of the people who trashed McDaniels last year (and it wasn't just NEM) owe him a huge apology. The guy has been incredible this year.

***BelichickFan*** · 10-02-2007, 11:54 AM

My concern with McDaniels is whether we're having to replace him in February. At this rate he is going to be a hot, hot HC candidate at the end of the season. I have nothing but good things to say about him but I never once bashed him last year.

NYCPatsFan · 10-02-2007, 11:55 AM

Quite agree. He's doing a great job!!

PatsChick87 · 10-02-2007, 11:57 AM

Nice job Josh!!!! LOVED the end-around, great timing on that play!!!!

TheSeymonsta · 10-02-2007, 11:58 AM

Great job so far....

As far as being looked at, that may take a while if you look at;

Mangina
Weiss
Crennell

Not doing too well.

***maverick4*** · 10-02-2007, 11:59 AM

Let's not go overboard here.

I'm still not totally convinced on his playcalling, but I will say he does have all the talent on offense that any OC could dream for.

He's not messing up, which is good, but let's all remember Norv Turner was hailed as an offensive God, and we now realize it was because he was loaded on the offensive line, at RB, at WR, and at QB with the Cowboys.

bishbash · 10-02-2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by BelichickFan

At this rate he is going to be a hot, hot HC candidate at the end of the season.

Wouldn't be surprised if there's a certain NJ area team that would be willing to throw millions of $ his way in the near future.

***BelichickFan*** · 10-02-2007, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSeymonsta

Great job so far....

As far as being looked at, that may take a while if you look at;

Mangina
Weiss
Crennell

Not doing too well.

In a funny way we should be rooting against Crennel and Weiss (Mangina is a given) so that the perception becomes that it's all Belichick. I'm still rooting for Weis though.

***patchick*** · 10-02-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PatsChick87

Nice job Josh!!!! LOVED the end-around, great timing on that play!!!!

Yes! That was the perfect time to reverse and take advantage of the defense's focus. The long series of rushing plays against a worn and depleted 2nd-half defense was pretty nifty too.

Granted that it's easy to look good with good players, the situational mix of plays has been hard to fault.

***Rob0729*** · 10-02-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by maverick4

Let's not go overboard here.

I'm still not totally convinced on his playcalling, but I will say he does have all the talent on offense that any OC could dream for.

He's not messing up, which is good, but let's all remember Norv Turner was hailed as an offensive God, and we now realize it was because he was loaded on the offensive line, at RB, at WR, and at QB with the Cowboys.

Then you gotta give him credit for doing a pretty good job without any talent last year. If this year it is all about the talent on the field, so was last year. Our leading WR last year couldn't even make the final cut this year. That means McDaniels had to have done a masterful job to make that team a top ten offense.

You can't have it both ways. You can't say that he stunk last year eventhough he had no weapons at all and then say he has nothing to do with the offensive production this year because of the talent on the field.