you rarely miss your target, Gonzo….

I’ve said since the day Major Dad drafted this kid….you can’t force a system down a player’s throat, and expect him to perform…..I can’t even form an opinion on Chilly’s “kick ass offense” because we haven’t seen more than a couple pages of it….Jackson is an athlete, and IMO, athlete’s don’t make very good WCO variation QB’s….you need a passer, as in ACCURATE, to move the chains….Gus gives us a better chance of running this offense, whatever it may be, than Jackson does…..

I really don’t expect anything special out of Gus, but we really don’t need a Superman performance….just open it up a little for him, take advantage of our skill players, and give the team a chance to perform….

Its not the team or players but the Coach,no one can excel with the play calling.Nothing gets disguised,no inventive plays,same old thing over and over again.Brad Johnson though not a burn up type guy is a very decent QB,wouldnt want him as a fantasy player but can play and win.
Game this year with a 3 rd and 1 no running back and we go for a pass.Me,Myself would have gave to A.P. but then I aint a Coach.With 8 in the box I would prolly start out running game then screen passes to (Duh) A.P.Then start lobbing a few 10-12 yard strikes mixed in with Doses of A.P.and C.T. Then I prolly would mix them in pretty good.Green and Tice had less to work with and won more,this Guy Chilly has a real K.A.O.March 60 yards Kick a F.G.then Kick Off.Doesnt matter who Q.B.s as long as Chilly is Coach we aint going to the big dance.
Change is needed and it aint anybody with numbers on chest or back.

T.Will Has played 1 game and caught 2 passes for the Jags for a total of……11 yards.Boy we should have kept him eh.

Obviously there is no teamwork in the Air Force. If one of your team is having trouble qualifying, you position your best shooters on each side and they both “lend” a couple extras to the person in the middle. We had one “re-qual” shoot an impressive 21 out of 20 that way. Of course, on submarines, marksmanship is not considered a really critical skill…

Back to the Vikings:
The decision comes down to this – The Wilf’s decided they were ready for a change at QB. I’d imagine Childress has the remainder of the season to sink or swim. The reality is – we don’t actually know why the plays have been fairly vanilla. Is it Childress’ preference? Was it all Tarvaris could handle? Is it all our receiver’s can handle?

Remember – Detroit had an amazingly complex offense last year. How well did that work for them?

There is nothing wrong with Smash Mouth Football and the Vikes have the personnel for it. We have had two narrow losses to high quality teams. Had Berrien been a little faster and had TJ (I know, lots of conditionals) connected on just one long strike both games, we’d be singing his praises.

Maybe this is an odd question, but do you love the game of football enough to enjoy it even when your team loses?

This situation is a perfect example of setting someone up to fail b/c you’re too bullheaded. Chilli said he hasn’t seen the “aggressiveness” from TJ that he saw in the pre-season. DUH. In the pre-season, “Coach,” you had a game where you called 10 passes in a row to start the game. TJ looked good, and we moved the ball.

That’s more pass plays than were called in each first half of the first two games. How the hell is TJ supposed to be “aggressive????” Dierdorf was calling the plays at the line, so you damn well can be sure Dungy knew what we were going to do.

You couldn’t have said it better, Gonzo. I’ll route for Gus b/c it’s the Vikings, but a winning season means Childress might stick around, too. Maybe his self-preservation will kick in and force him to scrap his Prevent Offense.

Which is what everyone here has said after both weeks 1 and 2.

You can’t expect to do the same things over and over again while expecting a different result- even with a change at QB. The playcalling must get diversified and the play book must be opened up.

Two Points:
1) What result did Chilly think he would get by limiting the playbook under TJack? That’s his confidence would be boosted by dumbing it down for him? How in the world is he ever going to learn to play with a “complex” playbook if the plays are never called in Games?
2) How is switching from a Player who’s in his 3rd year playing in Childress’s system, to one who has been for 6 Months going to make a difference? Using the same logic as point 1, will the playcalling be even more limited now?

Chilly’s mentor Andy Reid would often stand up at press conferences after close-losses where the Offense didn’t put up points, and would take the heat himself. That his playcalling in certain situations was off-mark, that the players did what he had asked and he F’d it up. It’s one of the reasons why Reid has such tenure with a team in one of the most aggressive and negative media markets. Too bad Childress didn’t pick this up from his mentor, and has resorted to passing the buck and looking for scapegoats.

Hopefully things change soon- and not just at QB.

Do your part and sign the petition @ http://www.firechilly.com

Gonzo…I admit I have only read your blog the last two days and you wrote what I have been screaming to my poorly misinformed Bears fan friend for the last two weeks. Although I never had my weapon jam on me I am willing to “Give you a clear line of sight and one well placed round to be an instrument of war” If it worked for Barry Pepper in Saving Private Ryan it may work for you Gonzo.

Unfortunately I am an Iowa Hawkeye fan and the last two seasons I have the pleasure of watching the same infuriating game TWICE every weekend. If a middle age guy stuffing his face watching football on the couch can tell the play by the down/yardage/personnel I am willing to bet the guys that watch 50 hours of game film a week knows as well. For crying out loud Dan Dierdork (the guy that got fired from Monday night football) might as well had the play microphone in his ear.

Maybe we can still get Mike Tice back. Didn’t he win 7 in a row the year he was FIRED? Didn’t he have less talent, less staff, less resources?

If Shiancoe catches that bootleg pass Sunday maybe TJack gets to actually call some real plays rather than 3rd and 2 with AD in the backfield….let’s launch a 50 yarder down the sideline. Inside the 10 with AD in the backfield? Let’s put 4 receivers in the game, run a roll out. Maybe Chilly’s “kick ass” offense should study some Brian Billick/Linehan/Tice film and if even if you are going to put 4 wide outs run a draw!! Dante is faster than TJack??? I don’t think so.

Everyone is center mass on this target. Change the personnell all you want. AD left, AD right, AD up the middle isn’t going to get it done. Even AD can’t run through 11 men in the box. The defense needs to think it is at least possible we can execute a 10 yard slant, or a 15 yard out, or a skinny post down the center of the field if you are going to stack the box.

Barry Alvarez is out, maybe Wisconsin can bring two of their own back to the flock. Isn’t Billick unemployed? Didn’t he win a superbowl? Didn’t that team have a great defense and an offense that only needed not to make mistakes? Isn’t Bill Cowher unemployed? Didn’t he win a superbowl? What about Mike Martz? I know he is employed but put our boy from USC in the backfield with a Martz playbook and AD/Chester Taylor combo??How long will our window stay open with the talent we have?

" And please, PLEASE don’t give me Donovan F. McNabb. Color me crazy, but McNabb seems to be doing just fine without him, thanks."

Was he supposed to forget everything he was taught when Childress left? Does he have one of those MIB memory flashers or something? I feel about the same about Childress as you do, but that’s a silly statement. Give him credit for something. lol

The rest of the season rests on the shoulders of Childress and his playcalling. Gus is smart enough and has been around enough to know the playbook by now. We pretty much know exactly what to expect out of him. Slightly above average QB play. He’s got good enough skills to manage the game. If Childress doesn’t open up the freaking playbook and show me his so called “kick-ass offense” I’ve lost all hope for him.

It seems like there is a split between two view points. T-jack sucks or Childress’s playbook sucks. We’ll find out after a couple games who is right. For now I’m going to say he’s not an idiot, he’s just been too stubborn to give up on “his” QB.