olyfan63
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Russ Willstrong":6q1o62b9 said:Preparedness and detail is probably the greatest trait of a winning coach. It is amazing the extent to which Belicheck and his coaches had his team prepared for games and potential plays in pressure situations.johnnyfever":6q1o62b9 said:Brady is a huge reason for the success, but as the broncos learned in 48, defense wins championships, even against the best offense ever. Patriots beat us last year off coaching and scheme preparedness. They practiced against the last play we called. Brady did not do that, coaches and staff did.
We got outcoached today. Pete and our coaching staff did not game-plan for the matchups where the Panthers have huge advantages, i.e., their DL vs. our OL. We had a huge matchup advantage with our WR's against the banged up Carolina secondary, but our schemes failed to exploit it already too late.
A lot of us on this board saw this coming; Pete didn't think Carolina could score on our D like that, and did not come in with a "win-a-shootout" game plan; they came in with a "win-a-slugfest" game plan. I thought the Pittsburgh game was our best overall game of the year, in many ways; we approached that game as a shootout and won it.
To me it feels like Pete didn't instruct Bevell to be ready for a shootout and come out with an aggressive game plan and scheme to neutralize Carolina's matchup advantages. Bevell implements the guidance Carroll gives him. That's why Pete keeps him around. I have concluded this year we blame Bevell for a lot of things that are really Carroll's scheme.
Pete needs to realize the short passing game can wear out defenses just as well as a power running game. It's worked well *against* our defense.
I am optimistic the old dog Pete Carroll can still learn new tricks. I think he's over-addicted to "run the ball" as an IDENTITY when for some opponents, channeling "The Greatest Show On Turf" is a better winning strategy.
Painful losses motivate change. Pete has been nothing if not adaptive throughout his career.