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Nothing's dubious about the quote, meaning yeah BB did say that (except that Wade's defense beat the Patz in the playoffs in 2015 and held them to 13 in the superbowl 2018).
What's dubious is how the writer uses it.
The things he tries to link up together are not the same things. Yeah WP has run a 1-gap 3/4 for 30 years. That doesn;t mean he doesn't gameplan or scheme. Yet the writer acts like those 2 ideas link up when they don't.
The writer strings together several unrelated things and acts like they're related.
And btw in case you're wondering my issue here is just bad writing.
I can see why McV fired WP and if McV hires a good replacement I won't have an issue with it.
But bad writing is bad writing. Whether you agree with its point of view or not.
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key thing: “He’s been doing it for 30 years in multiple organizations with
multiple groups of players against
every kind of offense he could see
that seems to cover the writer pretty good. His thesis tied to a salient quote. Perfect writing. I think those things link up and the link is the quotes. It shows that one reason Phillips wasn't rehired is lack of flexibility.
Again, you can disagree, but that's better writing and logic than you usually find. Well done him
Naw it's meaningless. Those things do not link up. For one thing the writer acts like running a 3/4 means you run a particular scheme. Obviously not--you can run different schemes with the same base defensive sets. For another what point exactly does our lazy writer tie to the simple and obvious fact that a guy who has coached for 30 years has seen different stuff? (Thank goodness he told us that cause otherwise, how would we ever know that?)
And how does he know these things--->
Phillips’ scheme [relies] more on personnel and talent than game planning specifically for an opponent.Yeah so holding Brady to no TD in a post-season game--one of the rare times that has ever happened--had nothing to do with gameplanning and scheming? One of many hyperbolic and not very realistic comments.
He can find someone who will be more willing to adapt in-game and on a weekly basis, rather than simply playing the same defense in just about every game and leaning on the players to make plays.How would he know THAT? Meaning playing the same defense in every game (which is not what BB said AND IN FACT during the superbowl they threw Brady off by disguising coverages and using DB-heavy subpackages). Fact is since WP came to LA there have been whole articles about WP'ss halftime adjustments--the most famous example being the Dallas game in 2017, where the D turned the game around in the 2nd half. So because BB says WP always plays the same D, THAT is supposed to mean he NEVER adjusts or gameplans? Such bs. EVERYONE adjusts and gameplans. I can even describe one to you off the top of my head. In the course of the first NO game the D shifted so that instead of playing run or pass first, Suh was supposed to knock Kamara off his routes (same thing McGinest did to Faulk in the 2001 superbowl). And? It worked. Kamara was not such a threat that game after that. That was an in-game adjustment by WP and the Rams D.
And so on.
So--c'mon Mr. writer man, bs.
BB's comment about a general scheme (a one-gap 3/4) does NOT justify drawing the stupid (and disproven) conclusion that WP never gameplans, schemes for an opponent, adjusts, adapts, or that he plays the exact same defensive sets and packages EVERY game. That's just nonsense.
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/07/2020 08:43PM by zn.