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Date Posted: 20:51:19 01/08/03 Wed
TANK & Core & UK
I think the 49ers/Knapp/Mariucci should open it up for this ONE game (and the next if they beat Tampa) ... because the "Bill Walsh offense" holds Garcia back. That is the short term answer...isolated use. But, that is not the longterm answer.
You cannot run one system for one quarterback, and another for the rest of the quarterbacks. Lets face it, Rattay and Doman would struggle with Garcia Ball. I'm not sure about McNown, either. I think it is unique to Jeff Garcia's talents and skills. You can't ask the coordinator to plan and scheme the new and improved Garcia Ball system all offseason, practice it throughout summer camp, teach the new system to the line, backs and receivers...and then have the whole system blow up when Garcia gets injured.
If you do a system change, you need to get new coaches and new backup quarterbacks that have the neccessary skills. You probably dump Garrison Hearst, because as his 15 yards rushing showed, he isn't a Garcia Ball back. I don't know if Barlow fits, either. The 49ers might need someone more like Charlie Garner...the back when Garcia had a QB rating over 100.
With all due respect to TIM, I don't think he wants to see the "Bill Walsh offense" he wrote of on this forum last month. He wants to see no-huddle, Garcia Ball. I understand his frustration with Mariucci's WCO, but I think TANK makes an excellent point...Garcia doesn't have the footwork and pocket discipline to be consistant and efficient.
I read the Ira Miller column and was impressed by Chad Pennington's consistancy...eight games with QB ratings OVER 100, only one game below 93, 25 TD's and 4 INT's (Miller also mentioned that Pennington doesn't have a big, strong arm, just incredible accuracy, timing and footwork, and great decision making and poise - hence the Montana comparisions). Garcia has been coached and drilled in his footwork for four years, so don't expect him to change. I don't know is Bill Walsh, himself, could do make Garcia a more efficient WCO quarterback. You can't teach a 33 year old dog new tricks. Besides, Garcia excells in a different system and shouldn't be forced into the confines of the WCO.
As long as Garcia is the QB and Mariucci/Knapp's WCO is the system, fans are going to be disatisfied. Most fans think Mooch has to change. Very few think Garcia has to get better at the WCO (probably because he is so good at Garcia Ball). Like TIM, fans don't want to see improved WCO, they want to see the highly entertaining, wide open, heart racing Garcia Ball. While I admit that I love it too, I don't think it is in the best interest of the organization's longterm plans. I am not ready to abandon the current system just because the current QB struggles with it.
Donahue has a tough offseason decision: quietly be looking for a new WCO QBOTF, or find a new Garcia Ball coordinator. Unfortunately, I don't think he will do either, and this frustration will continue for as long as Garcia is the QB. As long as Donahue employes a WCO coach and coordinator, this will be the dilemma.
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