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[stiller4ever Profile]

Some well thought comments made here. I think it best when I see Tomlin on the sidelines and in press conferences with that good old "deer in the headlights" look. Success is achieved on the field by the players but you have to arm them with something other than a reputation. Screw the mix of running to passing - in the words of ancient nemesis Alzheimer Davis - just win baby!

[Coke Oven Profile]

That was a very well written article. We all know the truth of it. Guys who have been playing football all of their lives surely know the truth of it. The unanswered question is why are the coaches doing things the way that they are when they surely know better? We need Jesse Ventura to dig in and find out the answers for us.

[ballhair Profile]

Very true. With parody in the nfl nowadays, talent is pretty much even more or less, The coaching
is the difference. I'm not sold on Tomlin yet.

[clarioncall Profile]

Most of the points made in the article, very well written and capsulated BTW, have been tossed around here under many topics. It comes down to coaching at this level and recognizing your opponents' weaknesses and strenghts.

When you have an assaholic OC like Arians, who obviously puts his gameplans on napkins in the last restaurant he visited, who openly states: "even with all the injuries to OL, we won't change a thing we do..." when over half of the OL is on IR list, this speaks to hard-headed stupidity. OKAY, if that's so, why shorten the playbook for DD? True to form though, you made him into a piece of concrete when he can damn near run like the wind itself.

We saw in Oakland game that some pressure can help! Gee, something new there. I am not sold on MT.
If we get to PO's, and then make a quick exit, if he keeps staff intact, we'll know he is as hard-headed, blind, and stubborn as his co-ordinators. Tired of all this "standard doesn't change" stuff. If a starter goes down, he is the starter for a reason - he's better than the guy behind him! You can't expect 2nd and 3rd stringers to make same plays or THEY would be starting. What you do, at least what I would do, is try to plan around NOT exposing them to demands they can't hold up to.
Like maybe using skillsets of others to their advantage - Ben can rollout and be effective - do MORE of this if the line is hurt to take pressure off them. Maybe not run 60-yd patterns where blocks have to be held for 5-minutes. Ya think?

The article hit all cylinders. Mail it to the front office!