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He never should of been hired in the first place, hes' clearly in way over his head. I don't care if we fire him or not though because I doubt the clowns above him would take the time to recruit somebody who actually deserves the spot. We already got this bozo signed for 3 years, may as well wait it out and see how fast he can learn the things he should already know.

And it is his job to put them in a position to succeed (win).  That goes for being prepared x and o wise, and mentally.  He doesn't seem overly confident in his ability or his teams ability.  The first thing he led with when he took over last season was "I don't know anything about offence." 

Well I just got a chance to watch that game and here's an example of why the coach isn't always the problem... 2nd down and 7, Goltz throws to Simpson short of the first down, Simpson tries to run all the way outside despite the Argos having enough bodies to string it out... he winds up 2 or 3 yards short when there were plenty of opportunities to man up, take the hit and go forward and wind up at least close enough where gambling on 3rd down is an option if not getting the first down yourself. Result is a 2 and out. There was another play where Simpson took the handoff, the play was obviously designed to be inside but the o-line got owned on the play so he bounced outside which was a smart call, but again rather than manning up and cutting up for a short gain he tried to run outside and got caught for a loss of yards. 
 
It's not all the play calls, there's a lot of plays being left on the field because the players aren't executing very well.

Why?
 
It's not really the quotes to me, it's the philosophy behind them.
 
I don't know if this is the fairest way to describe it, because I'm sure he's an intelligent football coach, but based on some of the things that come out of his mouth, I'm starting to wonder if he's an intelligent person

what's so weak about them? The argos were a team that needed great D, scoring from special teams and their D to force turnovers in order to win games prior to Ray showing up and I don't recall you evey saying how poorly they were constructed. Point is absolutely valid, if you don't have a qb your team is more than likely going to suck unless everything else goes right.

So what you are saying is that any player on defence should only tackle above the knees to the shoulders? That's reserved for QB's. What a joke! It's football. Talk about seeing things only from a TO perspective! 

The team isn't bad .. the offense is .. we have a championship calibre defense when all our starters are in (hell we're pretty damn good when we have backups in) .. if the offense could be average .. this would be a very dangerous team.

This is literally my favorite post ever. Expressed perfectly.

He keeps getting beat down the seam, taking outside leverage on a guy and looking for help inside.  Guess what, get inside position and the sideline is your help outside!  Everyone has picked on him so far.  He's our worst DB hands down.

Good offenses keep defenses off balance.  You need to have strong run formations, you need to run from them and show you can pass from them too.  You need strong pass formations, you need to show you can run from them too.  Our offence right now is very predictable, any playaction or read plays we use are slow developing at 5 yards depth in our backfield, really just bogging down our offence and not fooling anyone.  Do the basics well and mix it up.

So do you....let it go already!

I still have wet dreams about Jay Walker.

There's a lot more logic behind that opinion than anything you've been spewing.

Precisely what I said earlier....Burke is not that smart and has no filter

As much as I agree with him, THIS quote is exactly why Burke needs to learn when to shut his mouth.
 
"If I had another guy to fill his spot, I'd cut him right now"

Burke said when he was named head coach that he knows nothing about offence. I found that kind of strange seeing as he was a defensive coordinator who has to design defences to stop offences. Now he has proved what he said. He has no idea. Said he would have to ask Crowton why we didn't run more in the second half. Also said he had no idea how many running plays we actually had. You see many of the best coaches taking notes on the sideline...not Burke..he just stands there looking sad. I would be too watching this offence.
 
Is it all Buck's fault? probably not but to a great percentage it is. He has not been a success no matter which coordinator, that has got to tell something. The defence has held this team for the entire time he has been here, even last year when they were not the best.

I'm disgusted with Tim Burke right now.

Now you're really showing how little you know...Midol is for relief of menstrual symtoms...or is that what you take? 

I know that ship has sailed but boy I wish we still had Elliot in the fold. He wasn't perfect by a long shot, but he could make things happen, and the mistakes he was making were clearly rookie mistakes that could be coached out of him (i.e. forcing throws into coverage).

That play where Buck was intercepted was a classic example.  Buck had locked onto his receiver, and even with a DB waving his arms in his face, Buck still tried to make the throw.  He couldn't just pull the ball down and run, or take a sack, he tried to thread the needle through the waving arms because he couldn't process what was going on.  I'm a big fan of Buck's, but even I can see the signs that he isn't 100% in the head anymore.

Denmark already beat him out once IMO in 2011 when Carr was injured.  I guess things could be different now, but we're also running a system different from the one Carr had success in.  I don't see much value into putting Carr far away from the ball at the field WR because he's kinda lazy with his routes, has INT written all over it.
 
I also like Doug Pierce, he made a lot of great catches in camp and has no fear of getting dirty or getting hit.  I'd take all of them, including Carr, over Edwards at this point.  Hard to run an effective offence when the slot receiver you target most can't get much done in traffic.  We've seen that going on 5 seasons now.