stizz19":3l47kf2x said:
SpokaneHawks":3l47kf2x said:
Say what you will about Bevell but one thing he does well is mix in the gadget plays and not over doing them. I believe we're going to have to mix things up to beat anybody this post season and I think it begins tomorrow. If we throw in just enough trickery we can catch Detroit off-guard and I actually believe Bevell is great at that. Maybe Wilson catching TD's, Mcevoy throwing bombs?
I have always thought that Bevell and Pete are always super conservative in the regular season to not give anything away and most of the time open up the playbook for the playoffs. It's frustrating to watch for so long but it usually works.
If that is true, it's stupid. I don't believe in the whole, "We'll use 40%, 50%, 60% of our playbook for the regular season but once we're in the playoffs, boom, 100%".
I don't think it's clever or smart to give yourself a handicap like that when nothing is a guarantee in this sport. Remember how we were pretty much "guaranteed" to beat Tampa, Arizona (at least the second time around), New Orleans? How did those games turn out, other than falling face first into the turf. Teams like New England don't do that, they force their opponents to stop them. But Dan, you silly man, we BEAT New England this year. Yeah. So? That might as well be ten years ago right here and right now. New England went on to dominate their competition, doing what they do best, Seattle meandered around, doing good here and playing bad there and were just inconsistent.
If this is because half the playbook was "held back" for the sake of the playoffs then it's idiotic, not genius.
That is of course that's true, which would showcase to a degree that Pete and Bevell are some kind of mad scientist level geniuses. I honestly tally towards terrible execution and poor planning throughout the year rather than holding back.