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Chan Gailey - One and Done?

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Galant, Nov 15, 2020.

  1. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    This is maybe way too early, and we are winning games, but I've got the feeling that we'll be starting the 2021 season with a new OC.

    Our D has been downright predatory, like a great football team should be. Not so much the O.

    I think Flores knows he needs a more dynamic offense if he's going to reach the later stages and take down the best teams. That requires both an element of risk taking, innovation, and also an ability to take a suffering opponent, put your foot on their neck, and finish the job. So far, that doesn't seem to be Chan Gailey.

    Unless something changes, I think Gailey's going back into retirement after enjoying one more year, during this transition period, and after having done a decent job. Everyone will be proud but this will be it and we'll see a new, young OC at the helm.

    I also wonder if this isn't Fitz' last year. He'll either retire or get traded (if there's any interest).
     
  2. KeyFin

    KeyFin Well-Known Member

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    I would guess that Fitz does retire, but I think you're off on Gailey. They're keeping things simple for Tua (for now) and I think he's doing a pretty good job overall keeping him protected. For instance, zero sacks today from our young line and we rushed for over 100 yards. I think we're doing things at the right pace.
     
  3. Finatik

    Finatik Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    Hire Fitz as a QB coach.
     
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  4. Galant

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  5. Galant

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    The turn around from the offense today once Fitz took the field against the Broncos was eye opening. Either it's an indictment of Tua's ability to lead an offense or a statement that this O is just a better fit for Fitzpatrick. Considering Fitz' history with Gailey, Gailey's comments about Fitz' experience and input and creativity, and the fact that Fitz runs a lot but Tua doesn't, makes me think it's the latter.

    I suspect that Fitz' experience in general and his relationship with this offense and Gailey, means that it's a perfect fit for him and his improvisation is something of a blanket for Gailey.

    For example, how was Fitz Miami's leading rusher? Why is he getting these runs but Tua isn't? My guess is Gailey's offense allows for, or even relies upon, Fitzpatrick's improvisation. That's a great combination if you can get it, but to me it's an indictment on Gailey'. One can't expect or rely upon Tua being Fitz. Tua can't be expected to fill in the gaps on this offense like Fitz does. This is not Fitz' offense, it's Tua's. Gailey needs to see that and adjust. Tua is learning. Fitting Tua into this mold is a mistake IMO. The lack of RPO's is one example of this.

    Gailey isn't the right OC for Tua or Miami.

    After this season Miami's O needs to go in a new direction. I'll be looking for someone new and sharp at OC next season.
     
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  6. cbrad

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    Yeah I said it in another thread that Gailey is historically not a good OC. Just look at the rankings of his offenses:
    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GailCh0.htm

    For the last 20 years his offenses have been ranked average or well below average in points scored. That's no accident. So yeah I do think we need a better OC. He's OK for Tua's rookie year (OK for a transition), but not for the future.
     
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  7. AGuyNamedAlex

    AGuyNamedAlex Well-Known Member

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    I hated his hiring but today really had little to do with play calling. Fitz doesnt do anything mystical within the offense, he just understands an NFL defense pre-snap better than Tua does at this point.

    Also Tua left plays on the field for himself, and those shotgun handoffs he does have the option to keep, he just doesnt.

    Fitz was our leading rusher last year because our backs were garbage and Gailey wasn't even our OC.
     
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  8. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    I'm not putting it all on Gailey. However, I would say that you're sort of agreeing with me/proving my point. The problem with Gailey isn't that his play calling is all bad, it's more a case of what it should be instead. Gailey can rely on a veteran like Fitz, but his QB isn't Fitz, it's a rookie named Tua. Gailey should be building in other plays to help Tua, not relying on him to be Fitz and bust a running play through traffic. Gailey is a problem because he lacks innovation. It's not what we see that's the major problem, it's what we're not seeing.
     
  9. mlb1399

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    It would be hard to blame Gailey for a rookie QB who’s been mediocre 4 games into his career, an undrafted RB, one of the youngest OL’s in the NFL and maybe one legitimate WR healthy right now. Let’s give him an offense before we move on from him.
     
  10. AGuyNamedAlex

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    Can you give an example of what you mean? I dont think he has really called anything you wouldnt expect any QB to be able to handle, and hes done a decent job sprinkling in guys like Perry.

    There is only so much you can do to help a young QB. He has the option to keep it, he gets out on bootlegs, the passes are mostly kept short and simple as well. I'm not sure what else there is? I could be missing something of course.

    I'm not seeing anything that I wouldnt want a rookie QB doing though is my point. If anything maybe we've been too safe with him.
     
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  11. Galant

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    I disagree. It's his job to work with what he's got. Any coach can sit around and say he hasn't been given the right guys. Gailey needs to adjust to Tua and the other players he has. I don't think he will.
     
  12. mlb1399

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    Certainly he should adjust and I assume he’s done so. But don’t be surprised when you give him sh** and he makes you a sh** sandwich.
     
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  13. Galant

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    But I will be surprised if I give him tuna and mayo and he tries to serve up a BLT.
     
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  14. mlb1399

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    Problem is our offense is lacking a lot of talent. According to PFF, the only 2 players on offense ranked in the top 20 are Gesicki and Fitzpatrick. 3/5 of our starting OL are ranked outside the top 60.
     
  15. RevRick

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    And that points to the short time the leadership has been around AND
    the atrocious drafting before they got here! I have been watching the Dolphins since 67, and this is not the worse they have ever looked, but close enough to demand calls for someone to get off their tukkis and get to work - perhaps the owner.
     
  16. AGuyNamedAlex

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    You need to verify what you mean. It's great to use analogies but unless you have specific suggestions and concepts you think are going wrong it's hard for everyone to carry the conversation further.
     
  17. tirty8

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    I think we are missing part of the story. I have seriously never seen such conservative play calling in my life. I don't think that Chan Gailey just does this on his own. Clearly, when Fitz gets in, Chan opens up the playbook. I think that Flo is in on the conservative play calling. I think Flo believes that he can win with defense alone, and is long is there is not a brutal turnover, we are gonna be fine. I also agree with a previous poster who said the talent is not good on offense.

    I had previously posted about wanting to open it for Tua, and I still think that is the move to make. I feel like we are getting the worst of both worlds. It makes winning harder, and it feels almost like they don't really want to put Tua out there.

    I think the dynamic is really sorta strange right now.
     
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  18. Galant

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    ..."So yes, there’s enough blame for the Miami Dolphins’ Week 11 offensive woes to go around the locker room 10 times. The Dolphins scored the fewest points (13) since their season opener and were completely ineffective on offense until coach Brian Flores replaced Tagovailoa with Ryan Fitzpatrick in the fourth quarter.

    But don’t let the guy who devised the game plan and executed it off the hook, either.

    Dolphins offensive coordinator Chan Gailey also had a rough game against the Denver Broncos. He owned to up Tuesday when he met with reporters.

    Behind the scenes, there was concern and frustration among some Dolphins players about how Gailey was slow to react to Denver’s dominance at the line of scrimmage. A common complaint: Why didn’t the Dolphins open it up sooner when it was clear the offensive line was in for a long day?

    “We felt like we had to change from the original thought process and go to a little bit more spread-out stuff, and that’s what we ended up doing to move the ball a little bit more,” Gailey said. “A little bit more play-action-type stuff. We were able to get a few things in there. The problem is consistency. We’ve got to be able to move the ball with consistency. We’ve got to be able to run it better, we’ve got to be able to see what we’re getting defensively and throw the ball effectively as well. We’ve got to be able to adjust. That’s my job.”

    Gailey’s job has gotten more difficult since the Dolphins’ quarterback switch. Fitzpatrick might be better-suited for an offense that at times struggles to stay on schedule, due to protection and separation issues.

    The Dolphins’ yards, points per drive, passing and running efficiency all have gone down when Tagovailoa is in the game.

    His timing and touch skill set is different than Fitzpatrick’s occasional fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants approach."
     
  19. KeyFin

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    You have to remember that this is a COVID year with an offense designed for Fitz to succeed. Originally, we planned for Tua to start in week 12 (after week 11 bye) and the league changed that on short notice, so it's hard to fault the OC for having a few weeks to reinvent the offense for a different style QB.

    Today, we're a month in and the game plan has been very conservative with Tua...which I agree with based on other facets of this team. I think it's far too early to blame Gailey since this is a work in progress. To me, it's like looking at half a Picasso- there's no telling what the finished product may be. It's just too early to say if the problem is Tua, the offense, the coordinators, etc. since we've won all but one game under Tua/Gailey. There just hasn't been any need to really push tempo for entire games so far.
     
  20. AGuyNamedAlex

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    I think when we have tried to open it up the passes downfield have been really inaccurate. Part of that is just the nature of deep passing and I'm not saying it's a flaw in Tua, but it's hard to open it up when every deep ball has been 10 yards beyond the intended receiver, thrown out of bounds along the sideline or the line gives up too much pressure for a rookie.

    We did try and open it up early against Denver but it led to 3rd and longs every drive before Gailey started to dial it back.
     
  21. KeyFin

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    Well, Tua was way off against Denver...surprisingly off for the kid I watched at Alabama with fantastic accuracy. So like others said, maybe it was the foot injury and he wasn't planting correctly to follow through on his throws. Something felt way off there since it wasn't "Tua-like" at all. Maybe it was the high altitude or the increased defensive pressure...who knows?

    The previous week, he scrambled to his right and "almost" had Grant on a deep TD after coverage broke down. Bad play, bad protection, but he missed Grant by about 2 feet on an extremely difficult timing throw. We didn't see those types of misses against Denver though- the precision was way off where it normally is.
     
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  22. AGuyNamedAlex

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    It could be. Honestly his deep accuracy hasnt been there very much in any of our games but in fairness all deep balls are low percentage passes and he hasnt had a ton, a few were just heave it up throws he probably meant to overthrow rather than underthrow to begin with.

    I never expected his deep accuracy to be great in the NFL and I think I have posts reflecting that, his bread and butter should be in the intermediate game. The ball is larger, the receivers arent streaking wide open and you dont have the same type of protection to sit back, set and throw with. The better deep passers arent the pinpoint accuracy guys (generally unless you mean Manning or Brady) but rather the guys with serious arm talent like a Big Ben in his prime, Mahomes or even Joe Flacco.

    So all his college deep balls I immediately realized would be better suited towards the intermediate.

    If he ever becomes a franchise QB in my opinion it's going to be within the short to intermediate game.

    People dont like this but my personal comparison is Matt Leinart with better pocket presence and mobility. That isn't a huge knock because those are things Leinart needed to be successful and didnt have.
     
  23. Disgustipate

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    You're 14th in offensive points scored.

    You've got a rookie QB, no run game, a shaky OL, and you're bringing a bunch of your WRs up to speed as you go.

    I'm not entirely sure what the problem is here.
     
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  24. Disgustipate

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    I think it's also worth mentioning that the Dolphins might very well be #1 in the league in terms of the amount of time spent in clock-killing mode sitting on a lead, which is certainly going to depress offensive production.
     
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