Greg C. said:So this thread is based on a lie and I am through with it.
And by the way: Cheer up. The Packers are 3-0.
That'll happen.
Greg C. said:So this thread is based on a lie and I am through with it.
And by the way: Cheer up. The Packers are 3-0.
Greg C. said:dhpackr said:MM has said he has no confidence in his running attack
Did McCarthy actually say this, or are you just making stuff up again? I would like to see the actual quote and the source, please.
MM said
You have to have a comfort when you call particular plays in certain situations, and there have been some growing pains there.
http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2007/09/24/2/
in other words, we ran passing plays on 4th and goal 'cause i have no confidence in our running game!
Greg C. said:Greg C. said:dhpackr said:MM has said he has no confidence in his running attack
Did McCarthy actually say this, or are you just making stuff up again? I would like to see the actual quote and the source, please.
MM said
You have to have a comfort when you call particular plays in certain situations, and there have been some growing pains there.
http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2007/09/24/2/
in other words, we ran passing plays on 4th and goal 'cause i have no confidence in our running game!
This is not the same thing as saying he has no confidence in the running game. He was talking about a particular situation, not making a statement about the running game in general.
So this thread is based on a lie and I am through with it.
And by the way: Cheer up. The Packers are 3-0.
porky88 said:The West Coast offense is actually like this to an extent. The short passing game and screens is basically the running game. The reason why you haven't seen this much is because everyone has their version of the west coast offense and a true west coast offense doesn't really exist. Seattle is close wiht Mike Holmgrem but he has Shaun Alexander too.
The last one to look like this was probably Bill Walsh's whom was the inventor of the west coast offense. So as bad as the running game is, keep in mind that the short passes and screens are really our running game. If you can find tape on the old 49ers it's a good comparison. I'm not saying we're in that class but I think that's what we're going to have to do to win games.
Now another thing to factor in is eventually teams are going to have to play the pass against the Packers. That'll open up passing lanes. Green Bay will just pass the ball until teams can stop it and when they do the running lanes should open up.
It's going to be interesting to watch.
I remember the 49ers under Walsh one year won the Superbowl with a bunch of young noname guys...
The basic idea of the West coast offense popularized by Bill Walsh is to use short slants and short horizontal routes to stretch the defense and open up passing- and running routes, in fact forcing the defense to play honest by playing unpredictable, that is why you need good routerunners (and that is why we picked Jennings and Jones instead of other receivers the fans yelled for).
However in the true West Coast offense, the passing game is 65 - 80% of your offense.
The philosophy McCarthy is developing in Green Bay looks more like Bill Walsh's old West Coast offense than any other variant of it I've seen.
Remember a lot of HC's in the NFL actually derive from Walsh in one way or another.
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DH - I can understand your frustration.
DH - I can understand your frustration. however, look at it this way.
Our running game failed in week 1. It was horrible. I won't deny that. We won because our Special Teams came through and our D held the mighty Eagles' O to only 13 points.
Week 2 - The Giants had serious DB problems. So we gameplanned to play to their weakness. It worked. We blew them away 35-13.
Week 3 - The Chargers' front 7 is awesome. Very few teams can run against them. So knowing that, MM decided that we'll have to abandon the run UNTIL we have a lead that we can sit on. Unfortunately, we never really established a comfortable lead, so we had to keep the ball in the air.
Week 4 - Make fun of the Vikings all you want. They're solid against the run. SOLID. They held Warrick Dunn to 55 yards on 22 carries. That's fantastic run D. Then, they held LJ to only 42 yards on 24 carries. That's incredible run D. You think we should run at them? I don't. I say forget the run until we're leading by at least 2 TDs. I don't care if we don't run one time until we build that lead. After we build a comfortable lead, then we can run.
As for Favre throwing 40-45 times a game, I have no problem with that when we're facing teams with run Ds like Chargers and Vikings. Don't worry, my friend. When we start playing teams with bad run Ds, we'll run 30+ times. I'm not MM, but I'm guessing he plays to their weaknesses, which is a good strategy.
If MM says "We game planed to throw, because their DB's are suspect"
Someone will say "SEE!?!? He said he has no confidence in our running game!"
Some just TRY to stir up crap for their own entertainment.
bozz_2006 said:the problem is that you basically quoted mccarthy as saying he had no confidence in the running game. if you would've stated that it was your opinion, and that it was your way of interpreting what mccarthy said, there would be no problem. just be careful with what you say.
As for the resident clairvoyant...you may wish to present what the coaches/players actually say, than what you infer from their comments.
digsthepack said:As for the resident clairvoyant...you may wish to present what the coaches/players actually say, than what you infer from their comments.
Please God yes. Otherwise you're going to confuse people, **** people off, start false rumors, and pretty much just be a nuisance on the message board.
you make me laugh. did you find this statement?bozz_2006 said:the problem is that you basically quoted mccarthy as saying he had no confidence in the running game. if you would've stated that it was your opinion, and that it was your way of interpreting what mccarthy said, there would be no problem. just be careful with what you say.
I agree. I picked up on that statement and went EVERYWHERE looking where he said this and found nothing of the sort. It's pretty sad when you put words in peoples mouth because the only negative crap you can find anywhere you have to make up.
It's so good right now some people around here who have been on the TT and MM SUCKS bandwagon can't stand it.
Pretty sad actually.
You have to have a comfort when you call particular plays in certain situations, and there have been some growing pains there.
WTF does this mean? it is MM exact words.
dhpackr said:You have to have a comfort when you call particular plays in certain situations, and there have been some growing pains there.
WTF does this mean? it is MM exact words.
It doesn't mean, "he has no confidence in his running attack."
Actually, you make me laugh.
You blantantly and obviously gave YOUR interpretation of what YOU THINK his words MEANT which had nothing to do with the words that came out of his mouth.
That's a far cry from what you reported here when you said you HEARD HIM SAY he had NO CONFIDENCE in the running game.
Did they not run one in from down close in there earlier in the game? What was that? Oh, I get it. A wasted down that just happened to work out.
They were just wasting one running it up in there so they could pass on the next play and damn if he didn't score. I'm quite certain MM vowed to never try it again.
Being HE SAID he had no confidence in that part of the game and all.
Aytumious said:dhpackr said:You have to have a comfort when you call particular plays in certain situations, and there have been some growing pains there.
WTF does this mean? it is MM exact words.
It doesn't mean, "he has no confidence in his running attack."
so....you feel MM has confidence in his running game....right.
the packers won the game on a rushing play, but 45 passes and 15 running plays, sooner or later this game plan will be defended.
I'm not knocking a 3-0 start, i just am looking for a more balanced attack is all.
"It's not that I don't believe in our players," he said. "I am getting more comfortable with our runners, as far as the different things we're asking them to do. You have to have a comfort when you call particular plays in certain situations, and there have been some growing pains there."