Jonboy Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, cenj said: He's shown so far that he's not like Belicheck. He isn't a great defensive mind. We aren't as disciplined and we're far more penalty prone. And Belicheck would change philosophies by the game, while we're one of the most single-minded and most predictable teams in the NFL. Belicheck also is way more ballsy and would go for the kill, while Vrabel is terrified. He has some really good traits, and he's been great at situational in-game awareness, but he's clearly a NE player and not a NE coach. Oh I don’t think he’s anywhere close to BB. But I do think that’s who he models himself after. And there are some similar traits like the ones you pointed out (situational awareness, knowledge of the rules, etc.). He wants to be a great defensive mind, but he isn’t. At least not right now. I’d have to look into the penalties. I know we were outstanding there Vrabel’s first year. Can’t remember last year. I just looked up this year we had the 10th fewest total flags (Patriots had the fewest, hah). It may not be a bad thing that he’s not a “NE coach” considering none of them has fared too well. My main point is that he’s still so young and if he really models himself after BB, then hopefully he’ll adapt like BB did. He’s already outperformed BB’s first head coaching stop. I’m with you on all the criticisms. I guess I’m just holding out some hope he’ll improve because of his background and how young he is. TitansPDO 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitansPDO Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Vrabel's ego and stubbornness have been his biggest impairments so far in his coaching career. Maybe, just maybe, a quick playoff exit will humble him a bit and he will be more open to adapting. Frankly, I have my doubts, but this was only year 3 of him being a head coach. rns90, and luvyablue256 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgsTitan Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 O'Brien will pound the ball with Henry on 1st down too, guaranteed. Fans and talk radio went nuts every week when he did it with Lamar Miller. rns90 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AussieTitanFan08 Posted January 11, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 This just makes the decision from Vrabel even worse. Aramis, titanskick8851, tgo, and 5 others 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 23 minutes ago, AussieTitanFan08 said: This just makes the decision from Vrabel even worse. Thanks, Mike. Dingus. Cut your dick off anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakingeek Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 27 minutes ago, AussieTitanFan08 said: This just makes the decision from Vrabel even worse. Ouch...... that is really bad. Especially given our porous defense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenjami Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 They did everything possible to NOT give Tannehill a chance to win this game. Running Henry into 8-9 man fronts all game long. Never trying to toss outside, screen, etc. Hardly any play action rollouts. I don't remember a single read option, despite that being very successful lately. It's like someone had kidnapped Vrabel's wife and kids. oldschool, and luvyablue256 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 I’ve called Vrabel out all year despite winning and the same dick holes who kepy twirling his balls want to call him out now... yeah... luvyablue256, and TitanTez 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvyablue256 Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Vrabel's probably pissed about the election OILERMAN 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle021 Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 The only call I didn’t like was not going for it on 4th & 2 with 9 minutes left in the 4th. Just last week he went for it on 4th and 9 against Houston. we win this game despite all of the crap if Tannehill sees Brown wide open for a TD oldschool 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzTitan Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 hours ago, AussieTitanFan08 said: This just makes the decision from Vrabel even worse. Imagine doing this in a playoff game of all games. It's honestly like Vrabel wasn't interested in winning this game. luvyablue256 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Jonboy said: @OILERMAN I would've been really curious to see how the offense played out this season if the OL, Humphries, and Evans had stayed healthy. It really felt like Evans was going to be a major part of the offense and he would've certainly added a dimension we didn't have. He got hurt early, then you had Lewan going down, plus a banged up Saffold and Kelly. I know you talked about how they ran just as much under LaFleur, but that was Vrabel's first year and I don't know how much he really trusted LaFleur to take the reigns. That really felt like a Robinson hire given that he had interviewed him previously for the HC job. They went into last year planning everything around Mariota and we all know that held things back. With the continuity of Arthur Smith returning for a 2nd year as OC, a healthy o-line, plus the drafting of Evans, it really felt like they were hoping to tweak the offense this year in a way that I think a lot of us would've been happy about. The problem with citing OL injuries is it's much easier on the OL to throw on conflicted downs when the defense is playing run to stop Henry. Yesterday was actually harder on the back-up OL trying to pass block on 3rd and long. Evans was healthy against Detroit looked good and never really got used on offense after that. But you're only speaking offensively anyway. I'm talking about every aspect. The punting and the soft defensive strategy. I have no doubt the lack of pass rush and the 3rd down defense is partially due to Vrabel fearing giving up explosive plays. With worse personnel the pass rush has actually improved greatly the last month once they decided to start rushing. Aussie posted the tweet about how bad the punt was And hey, Vrabel is def a very smart guy and is very good in other aspects. He may very well go into the offseason, self scout and adjust. If he does I'll praise him. Robinson might also have something to say about what's going to change. tgo, NashvilleNinja, Jonboy, and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamRamrod Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 The post loss tilt remains undefeated around here lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, TeamRamrod said: The post loss tilt remains undefeated around here lol I and others have made this claim before yesterday's loss This game def highlighted the problem to an extreme degree though cenj, StankApe, titanskick8851, and 1 other 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBukafax Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, OILERMAN said: I and others have made this claim before yesterday's loss This game def highlighted the problem to an extreme degree though Nah. I don’t think it was as bad as the GB game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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