Good as a QB coach
Underwhelming so far as an OC:
- Red zone playcalling has been poor
- Third down conversions way too low
- Not using his best assets to his advantage
- Needs to identify his best weapons & use them (hello....Lingard!!)
- Wedded to his scheme instead of adapting to maximize the use of the athletes available to him (and there are great athletes available to him)
- Is limited by poor play of the OL
- Breaking in relatively young QB
If he can chew his QB out publicly for poor play (which he has), he should chew himself out for sequences like run, run, run in the red zone. We have tall WR & TEs. Throw to them in the red zone (like Clemson does). Not that hard.
Enos is too conservative. His conservative approach is actually increasing the degree of difficulty in terms of executing (because the defense knows that about 90% of the plays will be short throws, intermediate routes or runs so they can focus on a small area). Without the consistent threat of deep balls, the opponent can crowd a relatively small area making execution that much more difficult. Enos needs to spread his players out & let them operate in space. He should watch film of the Dennis Erickson era & learn how to let his athletes run free in space. It would maximize use of the speed available to him & make the offense more dynamic. Erickson had some faults but he won two MNCs & was an innovator. Enos could really learn from that.
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