The biggest problem I had with Fisch was that he became yet another example that Brewster allows too much control for the coordinators. First it was Withers and his NFL defensive schemes taht couldn't be stopped until he was gone. Then it was Dunbar with his inflexible outlook on the spread, also running uncontrolled until his sudden departure. More recently Fisch saddled us with an NFL-style offense. BTW, how many NFL teams look anemic offensively more often than not, especially in the red zone where a near-certain field goal seems to take away most of their motivation to take a risk for the sake of six points? But that's another topic.
Back to Brewster. I really like the guy. He doesn't change himself to suit our comfort level, he states his optimism up front and works like the devil to get it done. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean his decisions and coaching style are always effective. One of my biggest disappointments is his commitment (or at least seems to be one) that coordinators run their respective units. Hopefully he has learned that sometimes it works and sometimes the coach has to issue instructions to keep overzealous people working within the team's framework and vision. My guess is that Brewster's idea of "pound the rock" did not mean taking three consecutive cracks at the end zone inside the tackles with a line that had proven they could not move OL's out of the way for our fleet of miniature backs.
My guess is that Fisch will be required to work within a lot tighter framework at Seattle. Hopefully, Brewster will force his vision and will upon the program and allow no further hijacking from coordinators given free rein.
