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Schotty has never had a top 10 offense. His best was #11. He had one other in the teens, and the rest were in the 20s, mostly mid-to-lower 20s.

I mean no disrespect, but if you really think Schotty is not the problem you haven’t been paying attention, or are young and/or don’t know a whole lot about the game.

Following is a list of Schotty’s flaws. It isn’t all of them, but most that I can remember off the top of my head.

Play design - some of his plays just leave me (and others) scratching our heads wondering WTF? Some of them fail miserably time and time again, never succeeding, yet he calls them repeatedly. In the first game this year against Dallas, they knew Hunter would be facing DeMarcus Ware. Did Schotty plan for that, or even make any adjustments to help Hunter? No. Conner should have been in the backfield, a TE lined up beside Hunter, or Sanchez should have been rolling away from Ware. There should have been trap plays, draws and screens, but there weren’t.

Predictability – many of us sitting at home know the play he’s about to call, so what do you think opposing DCs and defenses know? If your opponent knows what’s coming, then you’d darned well better out-execute them. I have read that Schotty has too many formations and only a small number of plays from each formation, thus when opponents see the formation the offense lines up in, they can pretty quickly tell what is coming. He needs fewer formations and more plays out of each formation.

Offensive System – he shows little or no flexibility or ability whatsoever to design his offense around the talents and skills of his players. Instead, he tries to fit square pegs into round holes. For instance, we know that Sanchez is very good rolling out and throwing on the move. How often do we see that? Certain pass patterns are NEVER run by WRs in Schotty’s system. This goes back to predictability. If opponents know that the Jets will never run certain routes, it’s one less thing they have to worry about.

Game Planning – Schotty’s game plans almost never are geared to taking advantage of opponents’ weaknesses, of mismatches the Jets might have, or to hide Jets weaknesses. Schotty’s and the offense’s worst games are usually when Schotty has the most time to prepare. He has admitted that he gets too cute and overthinks things.

Execution – How many stupid, needless penalties do Jets’ players routinely get that often wind up stalling drives? Obviously, there is no discipline or accountability. Execution is often sloppy. How many games this year did it take the offense the entire first half to get going? How often do they score in the first quarter, thus putting pressure on opponents?

Play calling – there is an art to this that Schotty evidently totally lacks. He seems clueless as to how to set up plays to work. It’s like he just sticks his hand in a bag, pulls out a play at random and runs it. In the past just when Sanchez was starting to get in a rhythm, Schotty would invariably pull Sanchez out and insert Brad Smith to run the Wildcat. Again, he has a habit of calling plays that never work or calling plays at the worst possible time. In addition, the plays called often won’t work for the situation. An example is that on 2nd or 3rd and long, he’ll typically call a short pass that still leaves them 4-5 short of the first down. Routes need to be called that take the receivers past the first down marker. How many times have the Jets had some momentum, and lost that momentum because Schotty takes so damned long to get a play in? How many times have they gotten called for delay of game or had to burn a time out? What about keeping opponents off balance? When they know the Jets have to snap the ball on every play with 1 or 0 seconds left on the clock, they can time their rush/penetration perfectly every time. No other OC does this.

Sanchez – He hasn’t shown the development he could, but again he’s been coached more “not to lose” than to try to win. He’s overcautious and that leads to mistakes. His strengths aren’t being utilized. He actually is good throwing downfield and the offense needs those long plays to keep opposing Ds from crowding 8 in the box, yet Schotty never calls them.

Here’s a post from a poster at GangGreen.com that I think makes another strong case for why Schotty is an awful OC:

Forget playcalling, the reason I don’t think Schotty is a good coach is more the preparation. Coaches get paid, mainly to coach players. A good coach gets the most out of his players.

How many dropped balls did we see this year? How many false starts? Holding calls? Missed blocks? We crap on players like Mulligan, Hunter and Holmes, but how come they don’t improve week to week? It’s been mind-boggling how nearly every player on offense seems to have regressed this year in some way. Good coaches get their players to improve. Schotty has not done that.

The biggest example of this, of course, is Mark Sanchez. Watching him week in and week out, I can tell exactly what he’s being told by Schotty during the week. After the Ravens game, Sanchez never held the ball for more than a couple of seconds. Sanchez is told to not turn the ball over, so he keeps putting balls where only our guy could get at it, causing a lot more incompletions. He’s been told to look at 2 options and throw the ball away. It’s obvious to me that Sanchez takes these lessons to heart and executes them. But these things are not making him a better QB.

Receivers? Why can’t they get separation? How come they drop so many balls? Why are there so many miscommunications with the QB?

RB’s? How come no one seems to have improved their speed or pass-catching ability?

OL? Why did we get eaten alive by pass rushers? Why did their run-blocking regress from last year?

TE’s? Why are there so many penalties? How come Dustin can’t block yet?

He needs to go because he can’t do the fundamental thing that a coach is supposed to do. Teach his players. Make them better. We can argue play-calling and all that, but it’s really inconsequential to this, IMO.

To sum it up, here’s something from Pro Football Weekly:

http://www.profootballweekly.com/201…justment-acume

The following quotes are from NFL scouts, coaches and front-office personnel, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

• “Offensive coaches need to be cerebral. When it comes to making adjustments, (Jets offensive coordinator) Brian Schottenheimer is one of the worst in the game. You look at the way they protected against the Giants. You’re playing one of the best defensive lines in football and you’re not going to give your tackles any help? Someone has to explain that to me. I know (OLT D’Brickashaw) Ferguson is good, but have some common sense.”

If you need further proof, here’s the link to a 100+ page thread at GangGreen.com discussing Schotty’s weaknesses and failures as the Jets’ OC:

http://forums.theganggreen.com/showthread.php?t=59312

If you can’t see that you’re wrong after this, then I can’t help you any further.

I was using Total pts. as my main reference. Never liked the yds thing . (seems silly) ……..Other then Bret (who had great #s before getting hurt) there hasn’t really been much cream of the crop,not to mention continuit(3 Raising a young QB is difficult . And although I see Sanchez having fun I dont see him owning the huddle. ( That IMO ) is personnel.

1 . ITS NOT POINTS 2. Because its a QB parade and passer #s are going through dome ceilings. I dont think its fare to rate a team that;s motto is “ground n pound” .

I for 1 think Shotty would explode in popularity if he were aloud to invoke more of a passing O. Rex is the 1 who wants to run the ball,well kinda lives on that premiss.

Schotty can’t come close to producing results with an inferior roster. What little success Schottenheimer did have was on the backs of the O line and former Jets backs.

Schottenheimers “offense” is a travesty to the game. He doesn’t even have a clue as to when to run or pass. If the team brings in a 75 year old “offensive consultant” what does that say about said teams, confidence in the offense?