Re: going apeshit over Parcells

>santolina was cut from the Baylor football team for saying...
>>Trent Woodruff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>>santolina was cut from the Baylor football team for saying...

>>>I just did.  "Mismatches in the NFL are measured in inches, not yards,
>>>which is why disversified pro-style offenses are the only ones possible, or
>>>even attempted."  But I guess I have to elaborate.
>>>Nebraska, for instance, has the same mismatch every game, every year.
>>>Big o-line, good tailback, running quarterback.  In the NFL half your
>>>opponents might be able to take that away from the get-go, and those that can't
>>>would rapidly make adjustments.  That's why in the NFL you also need a
>>>quarterback who can run a diversified passing offense

>> Trent Dilfer.

>Since this point has zero to do with the question at hand, I guess I'll have
>to ask you to explain.

Allow me to educate you on exactly what it has to do with the question
at hand.

Trent Dilfer was the quarterback of a team that won the Super Bowl.

Trent Dilfer's job was not to run a diversified passing offense IN ANY
SENSE OF THE WORD.

Trent Dilfer's job was to not give the football away.

>>>>  Defending the option
>>>> requires supreme patience and discipline.

>>>Not really, what it mainly requires is that you have as much talent on
>>>your defense as the opponent has on offense.

>> This is crazy...the primary defense of the option is discipline.

>The primary factor in defense of any offense is talent.  If you lack the
>talent to compete with o-line and runners at the LOS you will simply get
>your ass fucked between the tackles and "option" plays won't even enter into
>the equation.

A disciplined defense does not need the talent to defend the
triple-option.  The reason for this is because a triple-option team
usually doesn't beat you with power...they beat you by giving you too
many chances to fuck up on defense.

I've seen too many Wyoming and Iowa State teams give Nebraska's
offense absolute shit-fits not to believe this.

Granted, talent does come into the equation some...no doubt about it.


But I maintain that the primary ingredient is discipline.


>You don't seriously believe that if Notre Dame played the most undisciplined
>game of their lives that they wouldn't defeat Navy, do you?

You mean the Navy team that only lost to Notre Dame by three points?
That Navy team?  Absolutely I believe they could lose to Navy.  Hell,
Notre Dame's lost to Air Force a couple of times when they didn't
really play that badly, frankly.  And Air Force's offense IS Navy's
offense, and Air Force's talent is better but not awe-inspiringly so.



Trent
Chairborne "Nine of Diamonds" Ranger

...To be a great NCO, you need three bones: a backbone, a wishbone and a funny bone.