Turk McBride Interviewed On Red Zone

My first fanpost!

Chiefs had him listed at 328 last year. If he lost more than Albert, that would put him under 300 lbs…

LT (as in left tackle) was never a problem for us since drafting Albert. RT (right tackle), which McIntosh plays, is what you meant to say

You could see it when he was running the field, but his kick-step in pass-protection wasn’t all that great.

D-Mac was hurt and didn’t play well last year, but he is still 10 times better than JORDAN BLACK. Maybe with a hard working coach D-Mac will be forced to step his game up? If Waters gets his head out of his ass & comes to play they have a chance to be a very solid O-Line! It all depends on how Waters feels, cuz his feewings were hurted.

He was a receiver in high school, so he believes he has the footwork and athleticism to be able to do the drops. The main thing now is just learning to read the formations and movement.

I think he actually said “getting the RIGHT drop” is what’s requiring the most work. But yeah, no mobility issues. Just getting the proper drops.

Says this scheme should be much more able to put pressure on the quarterback. Made a comment about there being conflict in the team last year in working the scheme. He says this years scheme is less complicated and easier to understand, less thinking and more reacting.

This is crucial, to me. What was said was that last year they relied on the front 4 to get pressure and the back 7 guys to help cover, which has been said over and over by me, for one. When Petro said the D might look a lot more like a 5-2, McBride said the OLB spot WAS a lot like an upright DE, with 5 guys crashing the backfield (this last phrase he might’ve just lifted from Petro’s lengthy question).

Haley has a lot of fire and intensity, but he’s not really a yeller. An “I said it so get it done” kind of guy.

This is ALSO big for me. There’s a HUGE difference between being blunt and insisting on “I said it, so you do it,” and just ranting at people. Rants are about stroking the ranter’s ego, and NOT about getting the job done. That drill sergeant shit only goes so far. And it’s punishment enough to hand the player an honest eval that’s full of negatives. It doesn’t do any good to pile a bunch of bitching on top of it, which is part of why I’m glad to see Gun gone.

It might seem “new age” or “politically correct,” but there’s a distinct difference between tough leadership and verbal abuse. Reminds me of that Jimmy Johnson commercial where this TE comes off the field “That was pretty good, wasn’t it coach?” Jimmy smiles and puts an arm around the guy. “Sure was.” The guy says “Does that mean I’m making the team?” Jimmy continues smiling and says “No,” with a chuckle.