Miyagi-Do Karate

he looked like Joe Montana against Michigan in the semis!

I love this Brad Allen crew— my absolute favorite. They make the game watchable.

I could be wrong about this, but I think when Davis was on Fox, he was a play by play guy for a few games here or there (maybe subbing). I always thought he was good in the role (has a nice voice). But as a color commentator, he is not very insightful, and I find him to be slanted.

i get that. But I would be interested to hear what is appealing about the HC to some of these coordinators (not just Daboll). Seems like it would be more fun to be an OC on an elite offensive team than basically the CEO of a team in turmoil.

To me, the job Daboll currently has probably can’t be beat. He seems to have total control over the offense, calls his plays, stable front office and head coach, stud QB, and lives in his home town and coaching for his home town team. That’s a lot to give up. And the position you are going to get won’t let you do the things you probably love the most— eg, call the plays and develop offensive gameplans.

I wonder if there are any coordinators out there that just say, “no thanks— I love being a coordinator and am great at it, and don’t want to give that up.” It’s sort of what McDaniels has done recently.

This game will come down to execution and turnovers. Who can execute better? Who can create and avoid turnovers? Who can hit good punts and kicks? Who tackles better? we can talk about scheme and playcalling and all that. But it doesn’t matter much. These teams know each other well. Just need to outplay them.

Agreed. you think about that first game—as much as fans were up in arms over the run D, we allowed 1 long run, and just the 14 points, as you said. It was a good outcome.

Neither team matches up really well for the Pats. But I would think the pats would have a better shot at confusing Burrow and co, given that Burrow has never played them. The D needs to step up. We can’t let the Pats just run the ball up and down the field. The hope I have is that the run D has really played inspired recently, especially against the Jets.

i know McDermott would never do this, but I would be tempted to ask our coaches to wait to interview until after the playoffs. speculation on my part— but I thought Daboll last year was really distracted with interviewing leading up to the AFCCG, and we ended up getting totally outcoached.

Fangio would be a great get. people sort of forget, but a Fangio basically invented the 2-high shell that is the rave.

Going to be cold, but thankfully wind won’t be an issue, and so we can at least throw the ball.

I am here because I figured this would soon turn into a “build a dome” thread.

Nice! i canceled Netflix and so am waiting until maybe next month to sign up again and watch the new season.

whoa really? I didn’t know he has been trying to leave. I don’t follow college football a ton, but I usually will try to loosely keep abreast of Big 10 Stuff.

i bet no. He probably wants Harbaugh to stay there. I bet there would be some tension with his fellow alumni too if he were to poach him— I think Ross is pretty active at the school, if I recall.

yeah, Ross is a Michigan man.

well, I didn’t say that. But I also don’t think BB can claim Vrabel as a success from his coaching tree. He never coached under him.

I would argue college is a totally different animal. The stuff that gets these BB disciples into trouble in the NFL works in college. Haha— you are too generous. Vrabel gives out a lot of credit, including to his time with the Steelers too. The fact that when he started, he built his staff with ex-Steelers, suggests to me that the NE influence is less or at least tempered. The reality is Vrabel doesn’t seem to coach in any way or manner like Bellichick or the other former NE coaches— who seem to try to rule with an iron fist. Maybe he learned in NE also what not to do.

I believe his coaching tree has a 0% success rate. The patriot way isn’t something that can be replicated outside of BB and New England. I actually don’t think BB could replicate it himself elsewhere. It only worked because Brady helped generate very early success.

i agree. It is absurd. When they released that video of him talking about running the ball, the media started fawning over him. This, despite all him saying was that running the ball keeps defenses honest. then the media went bananas over his comments about Gruden resigning. And of course over all the 4th down analytics stuff. Not saying he is a bad coach, but the media has been obsessed for no real reason over him.

Could be the greatest thing I ever watched there. I can’t believe he kicked it. It was like a victory for old school football over analytics.

I don’t even know what I am rooting for at this point.

This is why everyone loves Herbert. Talk about clutch under pressure.