i wholeheartedly agree with this, too. but this is the hallmark of a pete carroll offense. they’ve been doing this for a few years now, but they’ve been getting away with it. this just goes to show you, all you need is a positive integer for an IQ, legs, and some semblance of a head to be a successful college coach.
pete carroll floundered helplessly as a professional coach and thrived as a college coach. he was heavily recruited by the pros again this year, as well. this goes to show you the amout of IQ relative to college coaches: they’re rather similar.
lemme sift through the games, but i’m sure most of them are before my time.
most of the completed passes during the most recent game were because of blocn coverage. lendale white had those yards because usc decimated the longhorns’ defensive line. he runs like willis magahee. the offensive line opens up the defensive line and first contact comes 5 yards downfield with a member of the secondary. as far as the pro ranks go, i got a better vibe from mr. white than i did from reggie bush. i think i covered what i think of mr. bush in a previous post, but lendale white looks like a solid, every down back. reggie bush has the higher ceiling, but i’m very curious to see how his game translates to the professional ranks.
odds. they got away with it then, but didn’t last night. not necessarily because they were facing a “superior offense”, but just because it didn’t work. odds are, those plays don’t work every time, and they just simply didn’t work then.
and yeah, you can fault them for it. for doing it when they could have had the national championship again, they chose to pass with their recievers instead of their heisman trophy winning quarterback. the texans kept the ball in their quarterback’s hand.
yes, i know they only did one reverse pass, but you don’t build a playbook out of trick plays and expect to win.
you’re a dismal nfl franchise looking to provide SOME excitement and seats with asses in them if you’re resorting to trick plays every third play.
Don;t forget that ridiculous McGahee injury in crunch thime too. It adds drama in a big way and is nearly impossible to name a similarly dramatic injury in as big a game as such a critical moment. I was like a damn movie script.
