1 thing should be clear to Pace now: Nagy is no Sean McVay
Because McVay understands and appreciates the importance of RUNNING THE BALL. And maintaining the ILLUSION of run. He understand and values BALANCE. Nagy does not. He has flat out stated his philosophy is that you don't have to run the ball all that much, you just have to run for a whole bunch of yards when you do. Right after I threw up upon hearing that stupidity Sunday, I said to myself "That is EASILY the dumbest thing I have ever heard in 4 decades of watching football". Then I threw up again.
Great piece on NFL live yesterday about how Gurley and the run games opens up ENDLESS possibilities for the passing game. But shoot, that's football 101. But when you're a passing game guru, a guy like McVay is SALIVATING about throwing it probably EVERY DOWN. But yet he doesnt. He's what 5 years younger than Nagy, and still has better self discipline. The way he uses Gurley, reminds me of how Ditka deployed Neal Anderson. In EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE. Now granted Howard is not the receiver Gurley is, but he needs his carries at least.
I said before Sundays game that if Howard didnt get 20 carries we'd probably lose.
Howard got 12. We lost.
I mean that first and goal and Trubisky nearly throws a pick made we wanna strangle Nagy for the call. Next play Howard falls into the endzone...the play Nagy shouldve called on 1st down.
Until Nagy grasps BALANCE, Pace ain't gonna have the McVay offense he envisioned he was getting.
And until Nagy stops standing at the podium with all that swagger and bravado, bragging about being a yard from almost TYING (not winning), we arent gonna win many games. I'm still in utter SHOCK at that clip. It was HANDS DOWN the most desparate, pathetic attempt in the history of coaching at spinning a loss. Dude is a tool bag until he knocks that kind of shit off.