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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Not exactly breaking news anymore. 2-3 threads on this already. But yes we are excited
Shaq Mason about to become a potential All-Pro. If there is anyone that can get him to be a good pass blocker it's Scar, he's already a beast at run blocking.
Good post. Some folks around here see Scarnecchia as a savior/cure-all/miracle worker for the offensive line. He was an excellent coach, but let's not go overboard assuming the OL will now be problem-free. Remember that the Pats won three Super Bowls with his help but also lost two; his two-year replacement won one and did a fine job in 2014. I suspect that sans this past season's ridiculous injury situation DeGuglielmo might still be OL coach.This is not a solution, but a patch. I'd love Scar back but I hope there's a designated successor put in place along with him who can be ready a year hence.
Good post. Some folks around here see Scarnecchia as a savior/cure-all/miracle worker for the offensive line. He was an excellent coach, but let's not go overboard on what he brings to the table. Remember that the Pats won three Super Bowls with his help but also lost two; his two-year replacement won one and did a fine job in 2014. I suspect that sans this past season's ridiculous injury situation DeGuglielmo might still be OL coach.
It's difficult to determine exactly what went wrong with the OL in the AFCCG -- how much of its failure came from injuries and consequent lack of cohesion and how much of it might have been DeGuglielmo not having them properly prepared. Granted, some of individual OL screw-ups were shocking to say the least but we might never know exactly why. Nor will we know exactly why BB decided to move on from him as coach. Anyone know how long DeGuglielmo was under contract? He got hired right away in San Fran, perhaps he asked BB to let him go there.
Turkeyneck makes a good point that Scarnecchia might be back to help in a pinch while the OL coaching situation is re-set. He retired for a reason (he's 68) and being an assistant coach in the NFL is a demanding job, make no mistake.
You could be right or you could be wrong. We just don't know for sure, and conjecture from ex-players is exactly that -- educated guessing.We know exactly what went wrong. One of the main reasons was that Brady got killed because Stork kept showing his hand on the snap count and after 100 or so practices, 4 pre season games and 17 games the line had an incredible lack of communication. You heard Kppen and Light talk about how they had several snap cadences prepared for loud stadiums. There were also technique and assignment mistakes that kept happening over and over and over again. What happened 3 Sundays ago does not happen when Scar is coach. It just doesn't.
You could be right or you could be wrong. We just don't know for sure, and conjecture from ex-players is exactly that -- educated guessing.
There might be reasons behind the OL's meltdown beyond what is perceived to be the snap-count problem that we just don't know about. It might've been an anomaly Scarnecchia never faced during his tenure. I just have a hard time believing DeGuglielmo suddenly spit the bit after the year he had in 2014, when he also earned praise for doing some "baling wire and duct tape" work on the OL himself. So maybe blame does rest with DeGuglielmo, maybe Scar was pining to come back all along and maybe he will be the OL "savior" in 2016. I'm just saying things aren't always what they seem through the eyes of outside observers, especially laymen/fans.
...and Tom Brady.Just a hunch that Scar saw his projects - almost everyone on that line was his input, right? - going sour and felt fatherly. Coaches get like that...and they don't want to be proven wrong.
This is good news for Stork, Mason, Jackson, Flemming, Cannon and Andrews...and Patriots fans.
His contract expired.Anyone know how long DeGuglielmo was under contract?