FB: Northwest Conference

[Tezbaseball]

Swede, 175 more posts to go. Kech is still working on getting the photo autographed. Hopefully have it next week.

[beancounter]

OK gang......can you imagine Coach Widolff down at Occidental having an Oxy student or an assistant coach coming to him and saying, "Well, I read on the fan post pattern boards at d3 football that Linfield does this or that....".    Me thinks that Widolff would have a hard time keeping a straight face.   I mean, what is a better source of information....a game tape or information about x's and o's on a fan board??

I understand a conspiratorial thought or two......I, to this day think black cats are evil.   I talked to Bluenote about it last night and I understand his point.   But I doubt that post is that big of a deal.   In fact, I rather think it points out some things that separates Linfield from the crowd on simple fundamentals....like receivers being such excellent downfield blockers and playing the game outside the hashes. 

My two bits....

PS--Last I heard, JB was teaching at Kentwood HS up in the Seattle area....

[Tezbaseball]

OK gang......can you imagine Coach Widolff down at Occidental having an Oxy student or an assistant coach coming to him and saying, "Well, I read on the fan post pattern boards at d3 football that Linfield does this or that....".    Me thinks that Widolff would have a hard time keeping a straight face.   I mean, what is a better source of information....a game tape or information about x's and o's on a fan board??

I understand a conspiratorial thought or two......I, to this day think black cats are evil.   I talked to Bluenote about it last night and I understand his point.   But I doubt that post is that big of a deal.   In fact, I rather think it points out some things that separates Linfield from the crowd on simple fundamentals....like receivers being such excellent downfield blockers and playing the game outside the hashes. 

My two bits....

PS--Last I heard, JB was teaching at Kentwood HS up in the Seattle area....

That's where he was when I last heard from him. I miss JB.

[Foss]

Gee, Why not include what every Linfield player does in every possible situation, what each one's strengths and weaknesses are, etc? I would think a fan of a team would be more likely to post something like that about their school's opponent(s), not their own team.

[D O.C.]

Hope this is my last on the subject...
(what do you mean, you too?)

what is a better source of information....a game tape or information about x's and o's on a fan board??

How about both?
How about the linebacker assistant coach who is sharp as a tack and just waiting for his destiny to move up. He sits in every film breakdown and stays late all the time. He has a good repoire ? with all the players under his assignment.
He wakes up after a restless night, rereads the post again and again bored but LOOKING for something everyone else missed. Game day against LINFIELD the right situation he moves the right guy in the right place (UMHB) and stops 1 play that could have gotten a first down or a TD.
Yeah, and I live in Hollywood.

"Everyone knows the Americans have been working on a big bomb but just let the Japanese try to stop it"

[river]

Me thinks that Widolff would have a hard time keeping a straight face.   

LBC --- I think you got it right.  The usual problem is there's too much information and you have to decide what to use.  Most coaches would probably go with what they can see and scouting reports from people they know.  They use misinformation in Iraq too. 

[spiritof86]

OK. So if some wunderkind coach at Oxy discovers how to beat Linfield we can blame two paragraphs on the internet instead of actual game experience, two season's worth of tapes, friends in the profession and their advice, and experience.

A conversation overhead last year on the oxy sidelines-
Oxy Coach 1- "Hey team. Do not worry about the Linfield receivers downfield."
Oxy Caoch 2- "yeah. I doubt they can block."

I guess I can agree to not overtly help the other team, but I doubt it makes a ton if diff.

[rockcat]

poor inches is never going to show is face in here again.

[CamCat]

poor inches is never going to show is face in here again.

He's sure created a buzz but no one has simtten his Karma nor should they. 

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Its in the bank boys.  The sun will be out. The purple frisbees will fly, it will be a great day to be a Wildcat.

              Cats in a rout, bring on the salt

                      GHC

['Cats Fa Natic]

The Monkey Stomp^TM was introduced to us by RPI in '03.  It occurs when you beat an opponent by 21 points.

The Johnnies will be opening one of these this Saturday.

Not sure I see the monkey-St. Johns connection... was St. John the patron saint of apes??

['Cats Fa Natic]

Suggestion:

A Linfield win by 21 is a Catnip^{TM pending}

As in the following examples:

Linfield double Catniped^TM Williamette to end the season.

or

Oxy will fall victim to the Catnip^TM this saturday.

Umm... not sure I like that one.  In any case, it would be "Catnipped" not "Catniped".  We are talking college ball here, the least we can do is be literate.

[Kilted Rat]

The RPI guys introduced us to the MonkeyStomp^TM concept when we played them in 2003.

Since we Monkey Stomped them, we took their term and welcomed it into our Lexicon much as the early American settlers incorporated Siesta, amigo, taco, chupacabra and other words from the Mexicans upon conquering present day Texas.


I was unsure as to the necessity for the double p.
All I did was offer up a suggestion, it is yours to run with.

['Cats Fa Natic]

Gee, Why not include what every Linfield player does in every possible situation, what each one's strengths and weaknesses are, etc? I would think a fan of a team would be more likely to post something like that about their school's opponent(s), not their own team.

Why is everyone so upset at a little analysis by Inches?  Personally, that's simply his take and I disagree with some of it. I don't think the way to beat Linfield is from the outside. Once they start doing that, a simple out pattern into the vacated area, boom! ten yards, first down. Or a quick crossing pattern, a simple out to the tight end. Game plans don't mean squat if you can't execute.  Plus, our O-Line is better this year than last. Especially against the outside. How many times has Elliot been sacked?  Three?  And at least two of those that I recall came up the middle, not from the outside.

I do think our defense hurt us last year in the finals, not our offense. They couldn't stop long, sustained drives. (But there again, we have improved, especially against the long ball.) UMHB's D reminded me a lot of what the Giants did against the Bills in Super Bowl XXV.  The Bills had a seemingly unstoppable O but their D could not stop long, clock-burning drives by the Giants' run-oriented offense, hence keeping the high-powered and high-scoring offense off the field.

All of this is moot anyway.  Game plans are starting points, not solutions.  It's execution and the ability of the players playing. You can't coach speed.  Positioning, yes. Speed no.  Plus a good fake or two gets the DB looking and a blink later, the ball is over his head. TD Casey Allen.

Enough of the angst, okay?  You'll make the poor guy gun shy.  I loved the analysis.

[Foss]

Hey, if someone has the right to post that, why shouldn't others (and I'm far from the only one who has said anything) have a right to say they don't think it's the greatest thing to do. Sorry I am not in complete agreement with you, that's the way it is. People have different opinions. Should I now end my post by asking to stop the angst?

By the way, how in the world did our defense hurt us last year in the finals? The coach and many of the offensive players even said they won the game for us.