Golden Nuggets: What to expect?

Jimmy Raye was just too calm and boring and it showed on the field just calm and boring plays “in a sense”.

I think if Alex Smith was his own OC he would do better than how he did with Raye’s play calling.

I was never too confident in Raye from the beginning, but I’m always confident when it comes to the Niners so I had to accept it for what it was.

I didn’t think he would get fired by the end of week 3 but hey better now than never.

At least Raye will have time for himself and be able to go back to the nursing home we picked him up from ;).

about Johnson it seems that he’s a better fit for the players in our current offense than Raye was.

I think what many of us haven’t focused on enough is the fact that the plan was for Johnson to take over the offense eventually anyway. Perhaps the continuity of Raye this year would have segued into Johnson next year, but Raye’s incompetence just sped up the process.

Another fact I read about Johnson is that he likes to “run up the score” against opponents and did so as play-caller with the Falcons for two games when given the opportunity.

Killer. Instinct.

He wasn’t proven to be good, but he was at the very least, proven.

Indeed. In his 12 years as OC, Raye has basically mismanaged every offensive system he has been in. The one and only exception is KC, where he has worked 3 years and did ok. In all other places (Rams, Bucs, Patriots, Redskins, Jets, 49ers) he has brought down the offensive performance to the bottom ranks of the league after one or two seasons. Speaking about total offensive yardage, under Rays control the Rams have dropped from 6th place to 21st, the Bucs from 10th to 27th, the Patriots from 8th to 26th, the Redskins from 11th to 28th, the Jets from 19th to 31st and the 49ers from 23rd to 27th. To sum it up, Raye-run offenses generally end up in the cellar.

numbers taken from here

… Two were against our Defense …So the problem with the Offense may or may not have been resolved , but what about the Defense , what’s going to happen to improve that , and why hasn’t there been more talk on that front , Three game’s average 28 point’s a game doesn’t sit well with me …!!

raye was the worst oc i have ever seen

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seemed almost contrite.

Among the interesting things he said were: Raye’s firing was his decision and he didn’t consult Jed York. He told Solari that he wasn’t getting the OC job (surprised he was even in the running). Wanted to “use all the players we have”, which played a large part in his promotion of Johnson.

Most importantly, said that the decision wasn’t based on impulse, but had been reflected upon for a while prior.

arghh