I like your comments Wade. I thnk a team should practice how they are going to play.
Look at the old Green Bay Sweep. Everyone knew they were going to run it and the other teams still could not stop it. While they had some very talented players on the team, I have heard time and time again that the play worked because they executed it so well.
I suppose I would rather see a team that executes a few plays to perfection with an opposition who, more or less, knows what is coming instead of a team that has a hundred plays and executes a few of them pretty well and a lot of them about average while the opposition isn't sure what they will be facing.
"wpr" wrote:
WPR - Funny that I'm going to counter that with something Wade said in another thread that's not even related to football.
Recent times have seen explosions of knowledge (including the speed of knowledge). What worked one year may not work the next. You have to continually improve or you fall behind.
You give someone last year's playbook and this year, they'll stop it. Not so in the 60s. Information didn't move as fast.
If you take a guy like Sean Payton, he'll keep you guessing. He'll hit you when your pants are still down. That's one reason he wins is because you can't predict him.
I think the Packers sweep would be successful for one year if executed flawlessly and the next year, it would stop working if it was our bread and butter, even with flawless execution. Think in terms of information being on steroids. Opposing coaches will work 60 hours a week to figure out how to stop it, then watch game film of every team and how they fought against it and what worked and what didn't, and have half a dozen paid analysts who are doing the same thing assisting them.
Coach Coughlin figured out how to stop the greatest Offense ever after only 18 games.
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