[die cowboys die]

I am an experienced/advanced and skilled guitar player, though I lack the natural ability to move my fingers as quickly as some "shredders" out there. But in years of both receiving and teaching lessons, my understanding is that sound technique is sound technique regardless of the speed, and I am perfectly capable of teaching it even if I can't "shred" a billion notes per second myself.

Morris may not have the athletic ability to actually play DB in the NFL, but as a secondary coach he sure ought to be able to execute and demonstrate the *technique* involved, even if he is simply slower and/or weaker.

[rskin72]

[Chris Luva Luva]

[SkinsJock]

[Redskin in Canada]

Ohhhh!

The ability and willingness to try to look inside critically at one's self and determine whether I reach alone, around, outside, or all of the above to seek the assistance I need to become a better professional and person ...

... pretty profound.

Ego gets in the way, Chris. Many egos get in the way of that vision. Our own, the ego of the ones around us, lack of humility, or just plain immaturity regardless of age.

[SkinsJock]

^^ what he said

we do have many issues and it's not all due to guys named Jim, Kyle or Mike


HCs tend to be very difficult and very inflexible - that's their nature

[DarthMonk]

I feel good about seeing this on the field and in my brain before reading it. Enough of that.

I don't know if this is true but I'm gonna say the last head coach we had who was really into this concept personally was Marty. I think Gibbs was a schemer but had assistants who did this. I think Joe Bugel was big on this as a line coach.

The players, as a group, are more athletic than ever but less skilled. Lombardi is rolling over in his grave. Welch, maybe the old Packers WOULD kick our ass in spite of being out athleted almost everywhere. I know their secondary would cover us better than we'd cover them.

BTW - does Morris remind anyone else of Larry Brown?

DarthMonk

[Redskin in Canada]

[SkinsJock]

I think that Mann & Green's comment are well intended but I agree with RiC - there is no way today's coaches take advice or constructive criticism very well - also today's coaches it seems to me are more about defensive and offensive schemes than 'coaching techniques'

at this level these guys all expect the players to have all the basics down - that is why we see so many players not doing the basics like tackling and preparing like the players of the last era did


whatever it is these 2 (Kyle & Jim Haslett) need to be a lot more hands on with their players and design and practice according to what the players can do NOT what they (Jim & Kyle) want them to do - admittedly this also needs to be adjusted to fit into what the offense or defense we are facing does as well

[chiefhog44]

Although I absolutely agree with these guys, the simple fact is that the NFL is no longer a teaching ground. With the limits they place on things like padded practices, OTA days, offseason practices etc, these coaches don't have a whole lot of time to teach fundamentals. In addition, there are limits to how many players are on rosters no adays, meaning you can't let a guy learn by watching or practicing for 3 years without being exposed. On top of that, the game has advanced so much in the last 20 years that colleges serve as those places to learn fundamentals. Coaches expect you to know how to tackle, they expect you to know how to rush or cover.

Now I'm not saying that no teaching goes down while on the team, but its on the fly and they aren't able to practice those skills with the reps like they were back in the day. The burden of learning falls much more in the lap of the player now more than ever. Take Orakpo. He spent the offseason with Derek Brooks from the Chiefs to learn how to cover as a LB, and learn how to split double teams. HE has to do that in the offseason and the team is not allowed to provide coaching to help him. Those are the rules.

[Kilmer72]

[SkinsJock]

[Kilmer72]

Well someone said something and then I did. Sorry SJ

[Deadskins]

[chiefhog44]