The Official Dumb Coaching Moves Thread

[Len B]

Really interested to see how many blunders there are out there and what coaches are doing an awful job around the NFL.

 

[Woy]

Chuck Cecil, defensive coordinator for the Titans.

/thread

 

[Goober]

Tom Cable started Jamarcus Russell at QB. lulz.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Steve Spagnuolo woke up this morning.

 

[Bear Pand]

Purdue calling a defensive timeout while Notre Dame was trying to spike the ball.

Purdue calling a QB draw on 3rd and 10 with a QB that isn't really a good at scrambling.

Raiders cutting Jeff Garcia.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I'll be here all week. Please tip your waitress.

Seriously, Spags sucks. His list of offenses:

-Carrying 4 WR's on the final roster. Laurent Robinson gets hurt today, then Donnie Avery goes down, and the already yardage challenged Rams offense has to make up two scores with two WR's...the immortal Keenen Burton, and a white guy they signed 4 days ago to return kicks.

-Carrying 2 healthy RB's on the final roster. Samkon Gado is banged up, so it's Kenneth Darby and...no one else...backing up Steven Jackson.

-An offense supposedly built around a power running game used a double TE set for exactly 2 plays last week vs. the Redskins.

-The Rams never blitz. Never. Spags still thinks he has Strahan, Tuck, Osi, and Kiwanuka up front. The Rams recorded their first sack 6 quarters into the season, and have 3 all year. The secondary is very good and plays hard, but opposing WR's have (literally) all day to come back to the ball and get open.

-Spags traded Brian Leonard for a scrub DT, who he then traded for Ronald Curry. Fine, we needed a veteran WR. But then he cuts Curry, so the Rams essentially traded Leonard, who is playing very well in Cincy, for absolutely nothing.

-Meanwhile, Spags pushed to sign Mike Karney, who was supposed to lead Steven Jackson to the Pro Bowl, yet the guy hardly ever plays.

-Spags cut Pisa Tinoisamoa (Rams leading tackler over the last 5 years) before camp, then cut another veteran, Chris Draft, three days before the season started. Starting in that slot is now David Vobora, Mr. Irrelevent from a few years ago, and his name is fitting. He never makes a play, to the point you forget he's on the team.

-Spags is carrying 13 (!) players on the defensive line. He now has 3 healthy WR's, 2 of which signed earlier this week.

 

[BazookaJoe5]

Mangina pulling Quinn today for Anderson, who promptly throws three interceptions in one half of football.

Jim Zorn is a living, breathing, dumb coaching move. Going for it on 4th down from the 1 yard line, failing, then watching his defense give up a 99 yard drive. Taking a pass interference call when the result of the play on the field was 4th down, then watching Matt Stafford scramble 21 yards and pick up a first down. Those are the two I heard on the radio but I'm sure he made more than just those two.

 

[SHOGUN]

Beanie Wells getting only two carries against the 30th ranked rush defense.

Motioning the running back out wide on third and short every time - WHILE WARNER IS UNDER CENTER.

Running a delay run when they never work to begin with on a key third and 3.

Throwing to Dan fucking Kreider.

 

[Derrville]

Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett
/thread

This, should run more, and the defense cant get off the field to save their life.

 

[steeljake]

keeping jeff reed on the team, he has now cost us two games. if he survies this wek in pittsburgh it will be a miracle.

always going 5 wide on 3rd and short

calling long developing rotes and a 7 step drop on 3rd down knowing the blitz is comg and all you have to do is keep the ball to win.

 

[xCH0Nx]

Charlie Weis calling 2 pass plays at the end of the game, letting michigan conserve their time outs. Fat bastard should have been fired that monday.

 

[RyanLeaf16]

With Raheem Morris there are so many things to point to. I will do my best:

1) Accepting the head coaching position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2) Signing Byron Leftwich
3) Trading up from 19 to 17 to select Josh Freeman and then saying you would have taken Freeman #1 overall if you had the first selection
4) Not starting Luke McCown who had a better preseason than Leftwich
5) Extending the quarterback competition an additional week till Leftwich gave a decent game and gave Morris a excuse to start him over McCown
6) Releasing Derrick Brooks - this team has no leadership ability nor any leaders in that locker room
7) Saying Josh Johnson is going to be a "Jason Garrett" type and a career backup
8) Claiming the Bucs played "great" defense at the end of the first half against the Giants because the Giants missed a field goal
9) Telling the local media "I dare you to question the re-signing of Michael Clayton now" after 1 good game in the last four years. Clayton has since gone on to drop 5+ passes over the last 2 weeks - 2 of them would have been touchdown receptions.
10) Continuing to start Gaines Adams even after you have called him out and said that you won't tolerate it - yet you continue to tolerate it by playing him
11) Saying Leftwich will start in week 4 @ Washington
12) Firing Jeff Jagodzinski a week before the season started
13) Saying he was not going to make excuses for the lack of a rushing game and following that up with "but...Jeff Faine has been hurt"

I'll post more as I think of them...

 

[MRN]

Ron Turner's play calling could be bettered by this guy.

 

[Goober]

What Goblin said.

Start Gradkowski and send Russell a fucking message to get his shit together.

I'm glad Raider fans are starting to see the light, it leads to more civilized discussion. Look back at week one, everyone was telling me to shut the fuck up, and calling me a troll for saying Jamarcus Russell was the worst starting QB in the NFL. Now they're starting to agree with me.

If only heisman was here, you know he's still drinking the Al Davis kool aid.

 

[jaxjaggywires]

Del Rio listening to Mike Sims-Walker coming off the field as to whether he fumbled in the 4th quarter against the Texans...luckily, it didn't come back to bite them, and they could laugh about it later on.

 

[Len B]

Let's stop slacking fellas... get your week 4 shit in:

2nd half, 1 minute left and it's Patriots ball (2nd down, Ravens have two timeouts) inside their own 15

Harbaugh waits until four seconds are left on the play clock, then calls timeout #2, allowing the Patriots to kneel out the clock instead of a potential Ravens stand then long field goal to end the half.

 

[Yawkey Way]

i got one for you. John Harbaugh challenges the completion on a 4th and goal sneak pass...but the play was already ruled a non-play because of an illegal motion penalty that sent them back 5 yards.

It took the refs a solid 5-10 minutes to figure it out as well.

 

[Woy]

Kerry Collins throwing the ball 30+ times and LenDale White running the ball less than 10 times each game.

I could go on and on.

 

[Len B]

This could be a gold thread but it's not being used properly.

Today:
Josh McDaniels using his last challenge in the second quarter to challenge a complete three yard pass so it was 3rd and 10 instead of 3rd and 7 for the Patriots.

McDaniels also called three passes inside the 25 in overtime with the Broncos in position to win it, including a lob pass that should have been picked off by Shawn Springs.

 

[Primetime]

Pretty much everything Ted Thompson does is stupid.