Reports out of Georgia that Schottenheimer is the new offensive coordinator

What in the what? The University of Georgia? Is that even a lateral move?

Well, I won’t have Shotty to kick around anymore.

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Brian Schottenheimer leaving Rams to become Georgia’s offensive coordinator

By Katie Sharp

The St. Louis Rams will have a new offensive coordinator next season. Brian Schottenheimer has left the team to become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Georgia, as first reported by Seth Emerson of the Macon Telegraph and since confirmed by Georgia.

Schottenheimer was the Rams offensive coordinator for the past three seasons, during which the Rams ranked 28th in total offense (316.2 yards per game) and 25th in scoring offense (20.2 points per game). The team ranked in the bottom third of the league in most offensive categories each season, and showed little improvement statistically during his three-year tenure with the Rams. Prior to coming to St. Louis, Schottenheimer spent six seasons in the same position with the New York Jets, where he had more success as their offensive coordinator thanks to a strong ground game. The 2009 Jets led the league in rushing yards and ranked fifth in yards per carry.

If there is one hole in his resume, it is that Schottenheimer has never overseen a dynamic aerial attack. Although admittedly he has not worked with an elite quarterback during his time in both New York and St. Louis, his teams never ranked in the top half of the league in passing yardage.

zn wrote:

People have heard of friendly fire.

I think this is a friendly firing.

Hey I am not going to fire you, but…find a job.

Or at least I will think that until we find out something different.

Funny thing is Josh Heupel(Bradford’s Old OC) Resigned from his job yesterday.

Funny thing is Josh Heupel(Bradford’s Old OC) Resigned from his job yesterday.

Well ain;t that interesting.

zn wrote:

bnw wrote:
Good riddance. Hire Mike Martz now.

I like Schott actually. But either way, they ain’t gonna hire Martz, I bet. Anyway, onward and upward…we’ll see what they do.

I didn’t like Schotty. What OC takes forever getting a first round draft pick (Tavon Austin) into the offense? Into an anemic offense at that.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 11 months ago by bnw.

zn wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>bnw wrote:</div>
Two years? Doubt it. Lack of creativity on the OC.

I don’t doubt it for a second, myself. LOok at Brian Quick, for one. And in college Tavon was never really a receiver. Remember he said the playbook in 2013 was like it was in Spanish. I doubt he can run more than a handful of routes at the pro level with any real effectiveness, at least so far. That’s one reason I always saw him, before they even drafted him, not as a receiver but as something else (combined yards weapon). He’s just not a natural receiver type…it isn’t what he is. And I was for drafting him. Plus I never bought this “lack of creativity” mantra on Schott. I always thought it was just this automated mantra.

I’m not automated and such mantra about Schotty is deserved. Whether TA was worth a first round pick is on others.

zn wrote:

I like Schott actually. But either way, they ain’t gonna hire Martz, I bet. Anyway, onward and upward…we’ll see what they do.

I like him too… look at the last game against Seattle, he did the best with what he had…… Hill throws a pick at a DL. …. Cook drops a sure TD in the endzone, on the same series, Cunningham gets the ball swatted at the goal line. Game was winnable, not Schotty fault at all.

Too bad.

zn wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>bnw wrote:</div>
I’m not automated and such mantra about Schotty is deserved. Whether TA was worth a first round pick is on others.

Yeah that “automated” phrase came off wrong. But I also really don’t buy the “creativity” thing on Schott. How “creative” were Bevell and Roman? Heck one of the reasons Seattle let Harvin go–according to them–is that there is only so much you can do to fit a guy like that in. And IMO there’s no problem with Tavon or with picking him, it’s just that he should never be thought of as a (pure) receiver. And when he was a slow learner in 2013, I didn’t see any reason why that would change overnight in 2014. Heck it took Dante Hall 3 years before he caught more than 30 something passes. I just think that as a receiver, Tavon is in the same boat. I think he will learn a lot more than he knows, if people are patient, but so far he is more or less what many thought he would be–a multi-purpose, combined yards guy.

Harvin was a cancer in the locker room. That is why he had to go. Good move by Carrol. Harvin was also injured too much and at the end refused to play. I wish the best for TA but in real progress I like what his WV teammate Bailey has shown this year in what shortened season he had.

bnw wrote:

Harvin was a cancer in the locker room. That is why he had to go. Good move by Carrol. Harvin was also injured too much and at the end refused to play. I wish the best for TA but in real progress I like what his WV teammate Bailey has shown this year in what shortened season he had.

Yes that was said about Harvin too. It was also said there was only so much they could do with him.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000412483/article/why-did-the-seahawks-trade-percy-harvin-to-the-jets

…Harvin was difficult for offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell to integrate into the Seahawks’ offense. He’s not your average receiver that runs the entire route tree and can get open on his own. Seattle had to scheme plays to get him the ball, and they were struggling to do so.

I agree that Bailey looks good.