Mike Macdonald’s Vision Clashes with Team’s Strategy

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00:00We were talking about this guy, Grubb, and you brought up a point we wouldn't look like.

00:03I guess Mike McDonald said he didn't align.

00:06What was the word you said, Joe?

00:08What was the nonsense phrase that he gave?

00:10He didn't align with what his vision was for the football team.

00:15Here, we'll translate that for you quickly here on Coast to Coast.

00:19That means that Mike McDonald didn't like that they threw the ball so much because that's

00:25what they did.

00:26I mean, they threw it.

00:27They moved the football.

00:28I mean, Smith and Jigba had a good year.

00:29I mean, Metcalf didn't have his best year, but Walker was hurt half the games, as I said

00:36to you.

00:37So this is one of these guys, as Gopher to two, Joe Lisi always likes to say.

00:41He's one of these defensive-minded head coaches who, instead of winning games 40 to 20, wants

00:48to lose them 16-13.

00:50That's what Mike McDonald does in Seattle.

00:52So he's going to go find himself an offensive coordinator who's just going to plow it into

00:56the line three times and punt.

00:58That's obviously, Joe, what he's looking for.

01:00Yeah.

01:01I mean, they were one of the number one or number two in pass attempts, and you mentioned

01:06it.

01:07They finished seventh in passes, eighth in passing yards.

01:10Geno Smith broke two of his own team records for passing yards and completion percentage.

01:16And you mentioned all the guys that had amazing, you know, Jackson Smith and Jigba had a monster

01:22year.

01:23I, you know, Geno Smith had nothing but great things to say about him.

01:28No kidding.

01:29But don't forget, he had already taken the job before they hired him at Alabama because

01:34he went with Kalen DeBoer.

01:36So don't be shocked if he's also unemployed for about 30 minutes before Kalen DeBoer brings

01:42him back to Alabama.

01:45That's a great point, Joe, and that's probably something that will happen.