Some thoughts on Reggie Bush and next season

iwitnesskr said
I will say it again,

Reggie's use as a weapon, has more to do with the coaches approach. Keep in mind that the numbers he has amassed in his first 28 games, he has a total of 312 carries.

Thats a grand total of 11 carries a game. Avg per carry 3.7 yards

Reggie will never be a legit weapon (on the ground), until the coach consistently gives him the opportunity.

Instead, Payton typically will abandon the run if the guys gets stopped more than twice in in a row.

So when it all boils down, Reggie gets 11 cars a game, averaging 3.7 yards per rush, on 312 career carrers.

Ladainian Tomlinson had 336 carries his rookie year, for a whooping 3.6 average per rush.

Without the opportunities, Reggie can't be a Chris Paul, who has the ball every offensive possesion.

The only person that can make Reggie Bush a Chris Paul type player, is Sean Payton. Hand the kid the ball and let him run.

Football is more of a team sport than bball...Guys have to block, coaches have to make the right calls and use players effectively...In bball you can basically run the pick and roll with paul and it becomes unstoppable.

In football, you can't just hand it to reggie and expect him to produce. Everyone has to do their job, and his success is more of a tribute to his teammates and his coaches. Ask LT about his rookie year and he will tell you he was on one of the worst teams in the league with one of the worst coaches. He didn't just suddenly become a great talented player all of a sudden. His team got better. And he would be the first to tell you that.