BringBackFlutie

Is redskins really censored? ? Nope. So what was censored in that article?

What in the actual..

I get that part. I'm just saying, have we had this many players successively posting post operation pics or reports of so many non-trivial injuries being played through?

I think the question is oversimplified. I view a system as a holistic body of processes, culture, concepts, and identity that lasts for years, and sometimes transcends regimes. Sometimes that involves specific schemes, but to be successful, those schemes must be adaptable. That's pretty necessary for sustained success, I think. But if the number 1 posed in the original post is referring to an inflexible scheme that only works with very specific players, then number 2 is obviously way better. It's not even a question. I answered with the assumption of a bit more complexity.

This is bizarre.

True. And if you want to do that in the first/second year while tinkering- great! But if the focus is not doing the extra work necessary to lay the foundation along the way (building the plane in the air), the success won't be sustained. All that aside, this isn't a great case study. Vrabel's in his second season. This could all be a fluke.

If your goal is one super bowl? Sure. This.

The answer can go so many ways. We don't know much about the Titans or Vrabel at this point. They've been up and down since he became coach just two years ago. Going by what has made them successful so far, I'd say Vrabel is trying to lay the foundation of a defensive team that controls the clock. They clearly haven't found out who they are, offensively, yet, unless they decide to actually keep handing Henry the ball at the start of next season. On that side of the ball, whether that was because they started running Henry, or because they benched Mariota, I think Vrabel was just trying to make any adjustment he could to get that side working. It probably wasn't brilliant, it was tinkering, which is partly 1 and 2.

Didn't we lose a few games in 2018, based on ST ball security, alone?

I don't think anyone else even noticed, to be honest.

I'm impressed.

I mean, you're obviously just putting two pictures of Kiko next to each other and claiming one is someone else.

It wasn't great to begin with.

I think it means that we had a very high average return yardage number, and that number looks even better when you look at the first diagram. That diagram says that Roberts was really smart about identifying returnable kicks, and maximizing them when he decided to return them.

So... good things? He's brought good things.

Yeah. That's true, and a pain in the ass to keep track of when half of your peers work in Stockport

I think it's at least more than half important to establish 1, because it lays the foundation for 2. 2 is really hard to do without a foundation and solid identity, process, and culture. 2 without 1 is like working to be able to work; having two jobs; cleaning the house to clean the house; etc.

Haha. John, this happened 4 months ago.

SEVEN? I think it's 5 and 4 during daylight savings gaps.

In the first three tables of that article, I saw a lot of drops. I'm terrified of more drops.

I'm upset that I went to your profile to search topics you started back in September and find this particular thread, but it didn't exist. I was so excited, and now so disappointed.

It's both. You have to install a system and institute it as a program if you hope to sustain a team. If you don't have a system that dictates the types of players you need, your chances of hitting on draft picks drops, because you expose yourself to more variables when you're trying to find a player that will fit any scheme. By the same token, you consistently have to adjust your system based on league trends. You also have to adjust the system based on current strengths of personnel. You may have the types of players that you like for your system, but this may be a year that you have a really good secondary, for instance, and want to showcase it. Sometimes, maybe the type of player you want isn't there in the draft, but you've got a super-talented, can't-miss prospect falling into your lap, and you adjust to take advantage of their talents, but that's more of an exception case. I don't think anyone in the league can just consistently be dealt a new roster of players every year and build a whole system around them. It's about incremental adjustments when needed.

I was gonna say, you can't get from your car to the harbor without being stopped and asked for cash 3+ times.

From the article: "Zoë, a French bulldog tasked with providing emotional support, is spreading joy among the team with her infections smile and fun-loving personality." Yikes.

The Chiefs just weren't prepared. They spent the first week prepping to play the Bills!