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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory
At the risk of coming across as a dick (sorry), and I know you're not a "Fire Reich" guy which is who most of my comments are aimed at, but I have to say...
I don't understand this statement. If you believe the outcome could not have been improved, then what are we talking about here for three days?
If the gameplan couldn't have been better prior to catastrophic player errors, and then after the player errors we decide we don't like the gameplan... It's got to be a textbook example of post-hoc criticism.
I remember the Colts playing the Chiefs on Halloween in 2004. Manning threw for something like 470yds and 5tds. Edge barely ran the ball. We lost by 10 and got crushed in TOP.
I know it's not apples to apples. But the Colts scored. And they also got the L. I don't remember anybody questioning the play-calling or gameplan despite us having a top-3 RB in the league. The defense couldn't stop KC and were rightfully criticized.
Point being that you can have a proper and effective offensive gameplan and things still not work out due to players failing to execute.
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I do struggle a bit with this angle. I know this is a little both sides of the coin. However, if Peyton came out and said I am not running the ball a single time against a 3 man rush and a cover 4 shell, I think pretty much the whole football world would say ok, do you. Peyton was pretty good at doing what Peyton wanted to do to any D you put up, unless of course it was BB's defense.