Rivers and the West Coast Offense

[biggestfan]

Originally Posted by latency

Your confused about a couple of things. The article that you mention does not talk about what is commonly refereed to as The West Coast offense. It talks about the Don Coryell offense. The term West Coast offense is a misnomer as the person that coined the term was talking about the Coryell offense which was run by the Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams, but the journalist that he was talking to thought he was talking about the offense that was developed by Bill Walsh. That is how the Walsh system got the name West Coast offense. Philip Rivers is a perfect QB for the Coryell system. He is not an ideal QB for the Walsh system because he is not mobile nor is he as accurate as you would like for the Walsh system at short passes. This is not to say that he could not be effective in this system just that he is not the prototype for this system.

Secondly, the Patriots do not and have not ever employed the Walsh system while Tom Brady has been their QB. I am not sure where you heard that, but that information is definitely inaccurate. The Patriots run what is called the Erhardt-Perkins offense while Bill Belichick has been their coach. The system was installed by Charile Weis and was learned by Josh McDaniels under him.

Please clarify. Is the west coast offense the throw first then run, or is it utilize short passing to supplant running and to not rely on the vetical game. I need clarification.

[allan]

Originally Posted by LongTimeOCBolts

Who did he play against at NC State, again?

Is there no difference, in your mind, between the speed of the NFL game and that of the ACC?

Didn't NC State, during his tenure, finish 5th, 4th, 4th, and 4th in the ACC?

Yes, everyone here is completely blind to the facts.

The question is whether or not PR can execute a West Coast Offense, not how well his team did overall. We can bring up the defensive and special team stats as well. There is no West Coast Defense and West Coast Special Team scheme. The stats displayed prove he can work well in a WCO and that he had the decision-making skillset to execute said offense.

As far as the speed of the game of the NFL goes, you don't think that after nine years playing in the NFL he would have adjusted by now? Did you forget that fact?