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If someone else posted this, I apologize. I'm catching up on my reading and come across this article by Lori Nickel: "Easy as Pi, Think football is simple? Try learning the playbook"
The gist of the story is that McCarthy's play-calling verbiage is super-complicated.
A couple quotes from the story:
Donald Lee: "I really have to have my thinking cap on because that play I don't go out on a route, I have to protect the quarterback's backside," said Lee. "If I'm not paying attention, the D-end's got a free route to hit the quarterback in the back. If I happened to have a brain fart on that play, then the quarterback can get knocked out of the game."
"There are an estimated 300 to 400 plays on offense and all of them have a different name. A few are straightforward; some are just outright bizarre.
"Forget skinny post 85 or bailout check down 32. No that would be way too obvious.
"One play is grizzly exit red left triple scat three zebra Y whip Z base.
"And red robin plus cross outside fire zone; wing right over flop wallaby wide dog; exit blue slot left box 300 X ray corner; and red right flop V left 96 boomer tag.
"And everyone on offense has to know the difference."
GIVE ME A BREAK!
I knew the NFL was complicated, but come on! No wonder our QB is almost killed each game.
Are the players we have on the Packers smart enough to handle all this?
Does it have to be so obtuse?
Again, I'm Old School, so this runs against my grain by nature. But doesn't anyone else get the feeling sometimes that today's coaches tend to over-think the game? What happened to "Keep It Simple, Stupid!"
This may be another reason why the scripted plays in the beginning of the game work so well -- everybody's on the same page!
It may also be the reason why there are so damn many penalties with this team. And maybe it contributes to the lack of flow and continuity in Packer's offensive plays I've been noticing.
(Sorry for the rant. But I thought it was an interesting article.)
The gist of the story is that McCarthy's play-calling verbiage is super-complicated.
A couple quotes from the story:
Donald Lee: "I really have to have my thinking cap on because that play I don't go out on a route, I have to protect the quarterback's backside," said Lee. "If I'm not paying attention, the D-end's got a free route to hit the quarterback in the back. If I happened to have a brain fart on that play, then the quarterback can get knocked out of the game."
"There are an estimated 300 to 400 plays on offense and all of them have a different name. A few are straightforward; some are just outright bizarre.
"Forget skinny post 85 or bailout check down 32. No that would be way too obvious.
"One play is grizzly exit red left triple scat three zebra Y whip Z base.
"And red robin plus cross outside fire zone; wing right over flop wallaby wide dog; exit blue slot left box 300 X ray corner; and red right flop V left 96 boomer tag.
"And everyone on offense has to know the difference."
GIVE ME A BREAK!
I knew the NFL was complicated, but come on! No wonder our QB is almost killed each game.
Are the players we have on the Packers smart enough to handle all this?
Does it have to be so obtuse?
Again, I'm Old School, so this runs against my grain by nature. But doesn't anyone else get the feeling sometimes that today's coaches tend to over-think the game? What happened to "Keep It Simple, Stupid!"
This may be another reason why the scripted plays in the beginning of the game work so well -- everybody's on the same page!
It may also be the reason why there are so damn many penalties with this team. And maybe it contributes to the lack of flow and continuity in Packer's offensive plays I've been noticing.
(Sorry for the rant. But I thought it was an interesting article.)
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