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Originally Posted by bainsey
I'm looking for a parallel here.
If you saw the end of the Giants/Bucs NFL game yesterday, you saw the Giants in a "victory formation," but the Bucs opted to pound the line and go for the ball. The Giants were pretty upset about that, even though it's completely within the rules, it's something you "just don't do," according to Coach Coughlin.
(Personally, I think Coughlin needs to review Herm Edwards' famous line.)
Does anyone have an experience along this line where a coach thought the opposing team was doing something wrong, yet it was well within the rules, and possibly innovative?
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I recently heard a great approach to a blow out. It was a football game.
Team B was winning handily and showed no signs of letting down. The coach at half-time went to the Team A coach and gave him a copy of the 2nd-half plays he'd be running. B then told A that he was putting his 2nd stringers in, along with players in "new" positions, but they would not play down - they were going to play hard and learn how to play football.
I say you play to win the game, and to develop players, especially at the pro level. With the money they're making, too bad about their feelings.
The above solution by the A coach was brilliant.