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Date Posted: 17:50:35 01/08/03 Wed
Core: That's great! I am not here to argue with you, or anyone who thinks the no-huddle, Garcia Ball gives the 49ers the best chance of success. I just want to establish what kind of coach and system you think should replace Mariucci and Knapp. You think accomodations should be made for Garcia...so when Walsh and Donahue look to name Mariucci's successor, they should probably look outside of the traditional lineage of Walsh's WCO coaches.
It is apparent from your argument that the 49ers need a head coach and offensive coordinator who can facilitate and utilize Garcia's unique abilities/special skills. Obviously, a Gruden or Willingham or Green or Donahue, himself, would not be what Garcia needs. (You may have noticed, coaches usually install THEIR system...they don't try to accomodate their QB...so Notre Dame ran a simplified version of Willingham's WCO, not the option offense that Carlyle Holiday has played since high school). Maybe Garcia needs a young CFL head coach...someone who uses three or four receivers in his base offense.
Yes, Walsh pegged Garcia for this WCO, and that has been a wonderful kudo for this aging genius. But, the wide open, no-huddle offense that we saw last Sunday, the style of offense you (and many others) think is the 49ers future, is not the WCO that Ira Miller, Steve Young and Chad Pennington were discussing. Walsh obviously found a nifty QB in the CFL, who makes good decisions, reduces his errors and throws on the run better than Steve Young or Chad Pennington...but whose footwork isn't consistant, who needs passing lanes to see his receivers, and prefers moving out of the pocket. You see it...I see it...Garcia is better at Garcia Ball than he is at the WCO.
One Problem: hypothetically, lets say you practice the Garcia Ball offense all week, then Garica gets injured on the first series and is forced to miss the rest of the game...what then? Sure, you can say, "put in Rattay and go back to the WCO," but you have that luxury because the team has been coached in the WCO for months, even years. If Garcia Ball is the future, then the WCO won't be practiced next summer camp...or in 2004...
I don't think Mariucci or Knapp, Shanahan or Holmgren, Gruden or Willingham are going to abandon their WCO for a quarterback who doesn't fit well...that is why they look for QB's who fit their system every spring, rather than change their system with each QB. Garcia isn't the best fit and that is why he struggles, Walsh's blessings aside. The timing is off...ratings are down...Mariucci and Knapp are constrained by the limits of Garcia's timing and execution of the WCO.
You maybe right. Maybe it is time to move on from the WCO, and that would be fine with me as long as Garcia stays healthy. This isn't an argument. I am just realizing that the WCO isn't playing to Garcia's strength, and for continued success, to move on from this frustrating 2002 season, the 49ers either need to get a new offensive system, or get a quarterback who can excell in many things INCLUDING FOOTWORK and POCKET PASSING demanded by the WCO.
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