In Reply to: Birnieny’s agent releases the following. posted by SehornBlew on December 05, 2024 at 13:47:03
EB was not good at Washington as OC, and he was dreadful as our OC.
He took a top 20 rushing offense and made it effectively dead last. He routinely ignored our best offensive weapons, and our most important offensive players were on the sideline half the time (Loya and Harden). In some games he called 5 passes for every run. His gameplans were not goo. Against UW, a team with a very good pass defense, and one of the crappiest rush defenses in the league, he persisted in trying to pass the ball on just about every down. When we were down to our 4th string LT against UW, he never adjusted and we gave up 6 sacks. His redzone offense was atrocious, in part because he left our best redzone receiver on the sideline (Loya) for most plays. In the 4 other winnable games that we were in at the half but lost and could have won with just a few points, we managed a grand total of 10 points in the second half (LSU, Minn, UW, SC). Our best running back got less than 10 carries in most games, and he should have averaged 20.
The Tight Ends were good. I give Jerry more credit for that tho.
I doubt EB ever gets another OC job. Definitely not at the NFL/Power 4 level.