I know he’s gonna call plays which is the problem. 18 was ok at best….the run game regressed, they couldn’t put together a complete 4 quarters, and the defense put them in great position consistently. Nagy relied on a lot of gimmick/trick plays that they were honestly lucky to get away with most of the time. That was never sustainable. Then in 19/20, Nagy went away from everything that brought any success, and doubled down on plays that continually failed and had no chance of working. The run game got worse and worse after 18 and It took bill lazor to show everyone that the bears actually could score points (against shitty teams) but it was more than Nagy ever showed us. Nagy has more than demonstrated that he’s terrible.
The run game in 18 regressed because Nagy wanted to run more power which the OL and Howard was not suited for. They went from 80% zone and 20% power/gap under Fox to 55% zone and 45% power/gap. The problem was Howard was getting 4.1 YPC in zone but only 2.9 YPC in power/gap. At the end of the season when he went back to zone, Howard's stats improved. The reason for going power/gap is it disguises the RPO better. He then drafted a RB better suited for power/gap but did not draft or sign the OL that were better suited for that and so Monty struggled. Whereas Howard was more of a Shanny back built to cutback away from the intended hole, Monty doesn't have that sort of vision and likes to hit the hole as intended which doesn't work if your finesse OL is always getting overpowered at the point of attack. Thus, enter Jenkins and Borom who are massive OL prospects with a mean streak built for more power/gap but with hopefully enough movement skills to still work in zone.
As for the pass game, the problem was Trubs came out of college as an almost exclusively shotgun, RPO QB who was accurate and known for hitting people in stride. That is the O Nagy was brought in to run. That is the Mitch he was brought in to coach because that was the Mitch that up to that point was the only Mitch anyone had ever seen. For some inexplicable reason Trubs ended up sucking at the very thing he was drafted for and instead ended up being better under center and with play action. The problem is that is not Nagy's Offense. A more experienced and diversified Coach may have been able to adjust but Nagy was neither. He was a young guy whose only experience was largely in a single system. His original OC Helfrich was also specifically brought in to bring the spread concepts that came from college and that Mitch was specifically drafted for. So the fact Mitch turned into a play action QB who sucked at the spread and RPO concepts caught Nagy off guard. It is clear he realized this because that was the whole point of hiring Lazor whose system was more play action oriented.
So yes Nagy sucked donkey balls adjusting but he was never a coach that was brought in because he could run multiple systems. He was brought in to run his system. So the fact he failed trying to do something else is largely irrelevant now because now he has the QB, OL, RB and WRs to actually run his offense.
So this is a tale of two Nagys. We know he sucks when he doesn't have the players to run his system and we know he does not have the knowledge base to run different systems. There is no point continuing to cry over that fact. The milk has been spilt and the guys that were a poor fit for his system are largely gone. Now he has guys that presumably fit his system and now we will see how good he is running his system as intended. If he continues to suck then he should be fired.
