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Greg Paulus Becoming Better QB Through Osmosis Process

I know, it's dangerous to bring up the word osmosis around here.  But, like that great orator would say...what is, is.

Greg Paulus was in New Orleans last week.  No, he wasn't just scratching that itch for a good shrimp po'boy, though we wouldn't blame him if that was why.  He was in town to obverve a bunch of New Orleans Saints' off-season OTAs (official team activities).  Yes, the same New Orleans Saints that employed Doug Marrone for the past couple seasons.  And yes, the New Orleans Saints who feature Pro Bowl quarterback Drew Brees whom worked ever-so-closely with Marrone in that time.

But if you think Doug Marrone had ANYTHING to do with this circumstantial chain of events, why, you'd be as mad as a hatter. 

"Down in New Orleans, true," said Marrone. "Watching the Saints practice, true. Working out with Drew Brees, false. That would be against NCAA rules."

"We can't pay for Greg," Marrone said. "We can't coach him. We can't watch him throw. We can't do anything. And we haven't. But if he wants to go down to New Orleans, at his own expense, and watch the Saints practice and watch Brees throw, why not?

"They run a lot of the same stuff we're going to use. He just went there, and stayed with a buddy of his, to get a different perspective. I think it was a good idea."

Doug Marrone has read the NCAA handbook.  Consider that confirmed.

Certainly it can't hurt for Paulus get an up-close-and-personal view of Brees, who is almost the same height as Greg.  Hopefully Drew's ability to make plays and his accurate passing will run off on Greg.  Hopefully, one thing in particular does not rub off on him...

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Wait...

We are running the same/similar offense of the New Orleans Saints? As in air it out and dump off to a scat backs, occasional run up the middle to keep teams honest?

I like it.

by JRSu1 on Jun 22, 2009 3:29 PM EDT reply actions  

This was the first thing to pop into my mind. Not sure why.

Chief Wiggum:
Long before the SuperDome,
Where the Saints of football play,
Lived a city that the damned called home.
Hear their hellish roundelay…

Cast:
New Orleans!
Home of pirates, drunks, and whores!
New Orleans!
Tacky, overpriced, souvenir stores!
If you want to go to hell, you should make that trip,
To the Sodom and Gomorrah on the Mississipp’!

New Orleans!
Stinking, rotten, vomiting, vile!
New Orleans!
Putrid, brackish, maggoty, foul!
New Orleans!
Crummy, lousy, rancid, and rank!

New Orleans

by moosedontbounce on Jun 23, 2009 9:29 AM EDT reply actions  

You should come on down.

You won’t regret it.

I wish I’d known he was here. I would have tried to seek him out for a chat (NCAA legal of course).

by NOLACuse on Jun 23, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

WCO -deja vu"

 i just bet u like it.. just like u really liked grob and his wonderful west coast scheme.. throw lots of dink passes just like the big boys in the nfl..hope the reciever turns it into a long td run. never take chances..play inmobile statues with all most no athetic ability. run up the middle once in while in bizarre attempt to keep the defense honest".. igot news for ya.. the only way schools like texas tech. kansas.. kansas state ,et al thru out the years, have been competative is to run a gimmick" offense like spread pass or run opton.. or triple opton like navy.. or say the portland state/smu/texas tech what ever its called, the mass wide reciever set. if u are foolish enough to think SU is ever gonna have the mass talent of a pro set" offense, which so many of u are so fond of, u are wrong. its never gonna happen, player vs player, teams like ou, ut, usc , lsu.. are 3 deep at every position usually. just take a look at the high school bonafides and rankings of say the USc.. tailbacks and drop back statue qbs. its really sad to see that so many of the su fans are still clinging to the pathetic air it out" concept. and whats ever more offensive, they actually dont like to see the long bomb" ever used, since according to conventional" nfl" wisdom, its not high %%.. wise..

by eiremist on Jun 23, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions  

I think GRob’s scheme was more “I don’t know wtf I’m doing” then west coast. Honestly I’ve never seen an offense more predictable then what we ran last year. GRob ran a pop warner offense where if one play works once, then that play should be run the next three plays possibly changing direction. So while your anger is justified in the sense of hatred for GRob’s “west coast” scheme, I think Marrone & Spence will be better signal callers. It’s not all about talent.

by JRSu1 on Jun 23, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

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