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Last night’s game: Our coach – the anti BB and Sun Tzu

moose53 : 12/10/2019 9:52 am
Sun Tzu / BB

On Offense – know your strengths and attack your opponents’ weaknesses
On defense – take away your opponents’ strengths and don’t be beaten by them

First half – Giants coaching staff sleepwalking – result 17-3 lead.

During halftime – Our coaching staff wakes up and implements their usual strategies.

2nd half the anti BB/Sun Tzu application

Slayton and Barkley major strengths – have them disappear! Aggressive offense successful in first half. Let’s confuse opponents by going conservative!

Opponents strength – Ertz

Let’s fool their offense by focusing on all their street free agent receivers and give single coverage to their one and only (best) receiver.

Final play of game – bring out the ultimate deception; don’t cover Ertz at all. Opponent will be so surprised, qb will not even look his way.
Good analysis  
Dr. D : 12/10/2019 9:55 am : link
sums up the brilliant strategy very well.
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Eric from BBI : Admin : 12/10/2019 9:56 am : link
reason I think Shurmur is worse than Handley is that he simply has NO FEEL for the game. It's actually quite stunning. I've made the joke before but he'd do better if he became Constanza and the opposite of his instincts.
Not to make light of this possibility ...  
Spider56 : 12/10/2019 9:58 am : link
But didn’t PS player center ? Maybe we got some CTE going on ...
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moose53 : 12/10/2019 10:04 am : link
In comment 14712311 Eric from BBI said:
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reason I think Shurmur is worse than Handley is that he simply has NO FEEL for the game. It's actually quite stunning. I've made the joke before but he'd do better if he became Constanza and the opposite of his instincts.


It is mind-boggling how consistently atrocious this coaching staff is week to week.
Say what you will  
blueblood'11 : 12/10/2019 10:07 am : link
but as Shurmur likes to say, but we battled. That is a phrase I've come to hate. That's all he can hang his hat on. We battled. I think I'm going to go throw up now.
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jvm52106 : 12/10/2019 10:09 am : link
In comment 14712311 Eric from BBI said:
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reason I think Shurmur is worse than Handley is that he simply has NO FEEL for the game. It's actually quite stunning. I've made the joke before but he'd do better if he became Constanza and the opposite of his instincts.


I posted this on another thread but goes with your comment here:

ts not just the plays called poer se but WHEN they
jvm52106 : 8:40 am : link : reply
are called, situation wise, momentum wise and overall mentality at the moment. Example:

Flea flicker call in the second half.

In this case, all three items mentioned above are working against this call.

1) Down and distance along with how Philly lined up their Defense says that this call isn't the right call and should not have been attempted. We had long yardage and because of long yardage the element of surprise, showing run only to have the Back pitch it back to the quarterback, is completely negated.
2) Our oline was getting beat regularly now and this type of play requires the element of surprise (see #1) and requires time for the play to start, get kicked back to the QB and the QB to then step into the throw, usually deeper down the field. It all centers on time and the elements needed for the time (surprise and good blocking) and those items were not in our favor momentum wise as we couldn't block at all on the outside...
3) Mentality wise this play, based on the previous two points screams of desperation. Trick plays or plays not often used are strategic in nature and used at a point where the opposition is not expecting it or to continue a momentum swing that will hopefully result in a score, big gain or continued drive and helping to keep the opposition completely befuddled on what is coming next. Our trick plays scream of desperation and this one specifically. There was nothing about this drive or our offense at the time that said this is a good call for the down, distance and moment of the game. In fact, this seemed more like PS's challenges to PI or possible turnovers all season, desperate attempts to change what he knows is ultimately coming. There is nothing about how he coaches or presents himself that says confidence and this play was nothing more than OMG we have to do something, even if it stands no chance of working and in reality gave even more momentum, more positive thoughts to the Eagles that we knew we were cooked!
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jvm52106 : 12/10/2019 10:18 am : link
In comment 14712311 Eric from BBI said:
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reason I think Shurmur is worse than Handley is that he simply has NO FEEL for the game. It's actually quite stunning. I've made the joke before but he'd do better if he became Constanza and the opposite of his instincts.


and to add a bit more, he becomes more predictable as the game goes on.

Start of the second half we ran a fake run and pass to the TE (I believe) but, we did so with a line up (SCOTT in at WR) that we used almost exclusively all game to run the ball with. That is fine to shake things up BUT, SCOTT isn't scarring anyone and our TE's are limited at best. Play goes incomplete.

Now we bring Shepard, Tate etc. and without leaving the huddle I said we are running Barkley up the gut. The eagles, who clearly knew that too, jumped the middle of the line at the snap. Barkley gains nothing.

These two plays show a complete lack of knowledge of what your opponent does and more specifically what they tend to do against you specifically. With Eli in there was no fear of him running, so they could easily commit to the run blitz and based on tendencies they clearly knew what we were going to do...

Why the lineup "trickery" when your regular lineup would have been more convincing that a run or pass was coming on 1st down. Why the complete predictable play call of up the gut after the failed pass on 1st down. It is PS's staple to his offense... It is pathetic, uninspired and fear focused coaching and it is why we just are so damn blah!
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