"but i fear that we have lost that kind offensive intimidation lenihans play calling is very plain compared to martz's and not as confusing to defenses"
...and hopefully, not as confusing to the Rams. Perhaps, with less thrown at them, they will execute better. If you are old enough, remember the old Lombardi Packers? They ran about three plays, and everyone knew what was coming. But they were so good at executing those plays, they were nearly unstoppable. Of course, I'm stretching a bit on the "three plays", but you get the idea.
Linehan runs a very similar offense to Martz, as are a lot of OC's now that have taken what Martz started and created variations of his approach. Where Martz failed miserably, IMHO, was his decision making in times of crisis. As a head coach, when things got a little "dicey", he made bad decisions, play-calling was very questionable at times because I think he was always trying to outsmart the other guy. Reverses inside the 15 yard line, things like that... hopefully, eventually, Linehan will be a better head coach. Only time will tell. I do expect Linehan to struggle at times this season. He'll make some mistakes, mark my word. But he's a rookie head coach, and hopefully, he'll learn faster than Martz did. Martz was innovative, no question, and I would have liked to keep him around as OC. BUT, too many bridges were burned and he had to go. As the previous message stated, this is preseason and you haven't seen nothing yet. Give it some time.
