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Originally Posted by Lilmrp117
You basically act like like andy is perfect and any criticism is way off base. Maybe if you try to have a normal conversation without calling names and acting like a jerk, you might realize we are more on the same side than you think. I'm not an Andy-hater but to deny any flaw is ridiculous and child-like.
You're just not getting what I'm saying and you're actually proving my point with your "argument." First, you say Alex didn't execute and that's not andy's fault, but what i'm saying is that the "execution" should have been coached ahead of time. Andy should have coached Alex to take shots in those situation BEFORE those situations came up. That way, Alex can't dink and dunk down the field when we need to score quickly.
Then, you go on to prove my point when you talk about "game-planning." If andy and alex got together and practiced the plays for those types of situations, that means Andy didn't do a good job bc the team needed to score quickly and they did the opposite of that.
Do you really think that Andy and Alex practiced the 2 minute drill all damn season and executed it great in practice and then in the new england game, he just did the complete opposite of what he was supposed to do? That makes no damn sense.
If that's what happened, then Andy should have gotten rid of alex a long time ago b/c this was not an isolated incident. How about with Mcnabb? Do you think andy practiced a sterling 2 minute drill moving swiftly down the field all the time only for mcnabb to do the complete opposite in the super bowl?
What are the odds that Andy keeps getting QBs that practice the 2 minute drill perfectly and then do the exact opposite in a big game? Or, do you think it might be that Andy coached it that way since it keeps happening with different QBs and since Andy has admitted that he thinks this is the proper way to handle those situations? Think about that.
Also, you never answered my question - can you just admit that Andy has a flaw with time management that has bitten him numerous times in big games? B/c that's all I'm saying. I'm not saying he is terrible. If you stop acting like a douche calling me a reerun every post, then we might have been able to find common ground b/c I mostly agree that Andy is a good coach. All I did was point out that there is a pretty big flaw with him, but the problem is that you have to act like he's perfect and no criticism of him is legit and then name call someone who thinks there's a flaw and try to whitewash all the example of the flaw. Is andy reid flawless? Is there any damn flaw you would admit to?
I'm getting tired of this "debate" as well. If you can't admit one lousy obvious flaw in andy's coaching, then there is no point in conversing, especially with someone who just keeps calling me names even while he's proving my point.
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Alex choked. It happens. I've had students perform well in practice then shit the bed when the real deal happens. I'd guess at least 10-20% of students/rookie performers execute poorly in spite of good practice performance their first time in real life situations.
And I have been critical of Andy Reid before, most recently and specifically the Titans game. Though I was also critical of the offense at points, the defense, and STs in that game as well.
However . . .
Your take here is asinine. You in fact have absolutely no proof other than a coachspeak blurb after the fact that Andy meant to call that 16-play drive. Which no coach in that situation would ever call in the history of the league.
And Andy didn't say that he wanted that drive to last 16 plays. What he said was that he didn't want to press and create a situation where the team might try to do too much. Which is the same thing as saying, "we weren't executing properly, so I dialed things back some."
And you refuse to analyze the actual drive or any of these supposed drives for yourself, play-by-play and see for yourself what happened. That speaks volumes as to your football intelligence and analytical capabilities on the subject of Andy Reid/Alex Smith/whoever.
Look, go ahead and believe the pundits/talking heads if that's your flavor. Go along with whatever those guys say and never look at the data/evidence for yourself. Of course, that makes you just as likely to be right as Skip Bayless/Marcellus Wiley/Jason Whitlock/etc. but knock yourself out.