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Running Game Koordinator
In the case of the current Cowboys, I think there is something valid in creating two separate entities that, in a way, compete. Remember when Parcells had Sean Payton and Maurice Carthon? The way that the plays can be created are less likely to be uniform or stale or predictable or anticipated if there are two separately accountable coaches. I wonder if part of the Callahan effectiveness was that he was solely responsible for the O-line and running game and the natural tension between him and Linehan made for a strong output from the running game and overall benefit to the offense. Now, Callahan may have also had some creative spite as well, and dug a little deeper into the many different ways he could design plays after his role was reduced from "OC calling plays" to "OC calling plays that were re-seasoned to be someone else's stew" to finally "OC only in charge of the O-line, designing the running plays and sending in suggested running plays for Linehan, the passing coordinator, to decide if he wants to use".
Linehan is a pass offense play caller. He even said as much. His Coryell offenses have had running games before but this is not his playbook. He has said that too. He has Jason's playbook which is a pass offense and the running game needs someone else outside of the passing game, apparently, to manage the development of the plays. Frankly, the zone blocking scheme is not really a trait of the Coryell offense at all, it's a tenet of the WCO because it sets up the varied lateral lanes that can be for both run and pass.
Pollack was really just the OL coach. Linehan was supposed to design the running plays, but true to the Garrett Coryell (and most flawed Coryell offenses) the running plays are de-emphasized and the plays themselves do not adjust to the talent like the Perkins-Eberhart or WCO. McFadden for all of his relative success probably would have had several more of those open field breakaways if there was someone analyzing how he runs better on lateral plays, designed draws or delayed pitches. But Linehan is not a running game coordinator. Pollack is not. Loney is just a Linehan Coryell crony and has ne'er had strength in designing running plays.
They need to return to the tension between the yin of running and the yang of passing. They need someone to restore the true Coryell philosophy of the Riggins, Muncie, Emmitt Smith, and Edgerrin James surgical sledgehammer running all game long that....wait for it....allows the passing game to function effectively and efficiently.
Dallas desperately needs the other half of the offense and they need a defined expert to make sure it's coached and working.
They need a Running game Coordinator again.
In the case of the current Cowboys, I think there is something valid in creating two separate entities that, in a way, compete. Remember when Parcells had Sean Payton and Maurice Carthon? The way that the plays can be created are less likely to be uniform or stale or predictable or anticipated if there are two separately accountable coaches. I wonder if part of the Callahan effectiveness was that he was solely responsible for the O-line and running game and the natural tension between him and Linehan made for a strong output from the running game and overall benefit to the offense. Now, Callahan may have also had some creative spite as well, and dug a little deeper into the many different ways he could design plays after his role was reduced from "OC calling plays" to "OC calling plays that were re-seasoned to be someone else's stew" to finally "OC only in charge of the O-line, designing the running plays and sending in suggested running plays for Linehan, the passing coordinator, to decide if he wants to use".
Linehan is a pass offense play caller. He even said as much. His Coryell offenses have had running games before but this is not his playbook. He has said that too. He has Jason's playbook which is a pass offense and the running game needs someone else outside of the passing game, apparently, to manage the development of the plays. Frankly, the zone blocking scheme is not really a trait of the Coryell offense at all, it's a tenet of the WCO because it sets up the varied lateral lanes that can be for both run and pass.
Pollack was really just the OL coach. Linehan was supposed to design the running plays, but true to the Garrett Coryell (and most flawed Coryell offenses) the running plays are de-emphasized and the plays themselves do not adjust to the talent like the Perkins-Eberhart or WCO. McFadden for all of his relative success probably would have had several more of those open field breakaways if there was someone analyzing how he runs better on lateral plays, designed draws or delayed pitches. But Linehan is not a running game coordinator. Pollack is not. Loney is just a Linehan Coryell crony and has ne'er had strength in designing running plays.
They need to return to the tension between the yin of running and the yang of passing. They need someone to restore the true Coryell philosophy of the Riggins, Muncie, Emmitt Smith, and Edgerrin James surgical sledgehammer running all game long that....wait for it....allows the passing game to function effectively and efficiently.
Dallas desperately needs the other half of the offense and they need a defined expert to make sure it's coached and working.
They need a Running game Coordinator again.