Mitch
Crawled Through 5 FB Fields
1. The If You Are Having A Bad Game--You Come Out Rule. Green said that he and the staff make personnel decisions on Tuesdays. Fine...here's a proposal:
Tell the team who the starters are for the Atlanta game and what is expected from each of them. THEN...tell them that if any of them fall short of expectations, another player will be tried in his place.
If the other player rises to the occasion, he will remain in the game.
If not, another change may be made...even going back to the original starter, or trying option C.
2. The Macklin Rule. OK, he struggles early on in game one and is replaced by Eric Green, who plays well. BUT...don't relegate Macklin to Siberia...keep him handy and coach him up to rise to the occasion the next time he gets his chance.
Matt Ware filled in pretty well at Seattle (Macklin was riding dog sleds in Siberia for that game) for Eric Green after Green got injured...and maybe he deserved to start versus the Rams because of it...BUT...when he clearly was getting tooled by Torry Holt, bring in Macklin. Macklin has played Holt many times before and maybe he plays so pissed off that he goes in and makes an impact.
3. The Stop Playing for Stats and Start Playing to WIN Rule. It seems like the whole offense is dedicated to getting EJ, AB annd LF their customary "touches"...but, in the process the Cardinals are not committed to taking what the defense gives them, especially when Seattle doubled on AB and LF, leaving the middle wide open to be exploited by the TEs or #3 WR BJ.
4. The Antrel Rolle Rule. Before you start calling out other players, try playing well yourself first.
5. The Wild Card Rule: Activate Diamond Ferri. This team needs his spark. Have him return kickoffs, esepcially now that JJ Arrington looks tentative in that role at best.
6. The Karlos Dansby Rule. If you are going to go in and stand around and play like a ghost, take another week off.
7. The O-Line Rule. How many times was Edge tackled and ALL 5 o-linemen are standing around the pile? Fine them each $100 for everytime they are standing near the pile when they should either be on the turf, having blocked their butts off, or downfield blocking a LB or S.
8. The Get Out of the Huddle Like Champions Rule. This is the most sluggish offense from the end of one play to another in the NFL...get your butts in the huddle, get a clean break and HUSTLE your butts to the line of scrimmage. And oh, get some brisk signal calls, some crisp snaps and get your butts off the ball.
9. The Larry Fitzgerald Share The Love Rule. When you score a TD, act like you care...and since this is a team game, go and high five your teammates for helping you score the TD.
10. The Double Team the Hot Player Rule. When one player in particular is beating you, make an ADJUSTMENT...like all other good teams do, and throw a double team at the guy. Sometimes all it takes is doing it just once or twice and the opponents will start looking in other directions.
11. The Don't Call Timeouts Until You Absolutely Have To Rule. First play of the second half? Take a penalty if you have to. Including challenges. All the replays showed that Torry Holt's reception on third and three late in the game was too iffy to challenge...understand the spirit of "indesputable evidence."
12. The If You Screw Up-Don't Yell at Your Teammate Rule. Don't wait to get into the lockerroom where everyone can see the replay and know whose fault it was, to take the blame.
13. The You Have an Athletic, Sure Handed 6'8" TE--Use Him Rule. See #3.
14. The Stop Ripping Off the Fans Rule. We have suffered long enough...and we can accept premium effort...and concentration...and hustle...even if we lose...but throwing and pissing games away like this one is an outrage. We deserve MUCH better...and have deserved it for a long, long time...for we are the antithesis of bandwagon fans...we are still here hoping for the best.
15. The Red Desert Rule. When a good, loyal member of this board need to vent...give him some slack. This board is the BEST way for all of us to achieve catharsis...which is so necessary. Yesterday I was watching the game with my girlfriend and I didn't want to freak her out so I suppressed my emotions. This morning I ripped into a somewhat innocent group of people having been only slightly provoked...which I quickly realized was the result of having suppressed my supreme frustration and anger over what happened yesterday. We need this board to vent...let's all have each other's backs when we do. Thanks all...thanks for hanging in there.
Tell the team who the starters are for the Atlanta game and what is expected from each of them. THEN...tell them that if any of them fall short of expectations, another player will be tried in his place.
If the other player rises to the occasion, he will remain in the game.
If not, another change may be made...even going back to the original starter, or trying option C.
2. The Macklin Rule. OK, he struggles early on in game one and is replaced by Eric Green, who plays well. BUT...don't relegate Macklin to Siberia...keep him handy and coach him up to rise to the occasion the next time he gets his chance.
Matt Ware filled in pretty well at Seattle (Macklin was riding dog sleds in Siberia for that game) for Eric Green after Green got injured...and maybe he deserved to start versus the Rams because of it...BUT...when he clearly was getting tooled by Torry Holt, bring in Macklin. Macklin has played Holt many times before and maybe he plays so pissed off that he goes in and makes an impact.
3. The Stop Playing for Stats and Start Playing to WIN Rule. It seems like the whole offense is dedicated to getting EJ, AB annd LF their customary "touches"...but, in the process the Cardinals are not committed to taking what the defense gives them, especially when Seattle doubled on AB and LF, leaving the middle wide open to be exploited by the TEs or #3 WR BJ.
4. The Antrel Rolle Rule. Before you start calling out other players, try playing well yourself first.
5. The Wild Card Rule: Activate Diamond Ferri. This team needs his spark. Have him return kickoffs, esepcially now that JJ Arrington looks tentative in that role at best.
6. The Karlos Dansby Rule. If you are going to go in and stand around and play like a ghost, take another week off.
7. The O-Line Rule. How many times was Edge tackled and ALL 5 o-linemen are standing around the pile? Fine them each $100 for everytime they are standing near the pile when they should either be on the turf, having blocked their butts off, or downfield blocking a LB or S.
8. The Get Out of the Huddle Like Champions Rule. This is the most sluggish offense from the end of one play to another in the NFL...get your butts in the huddle, get a clean break and HUSTLE your butts to the line of scrimmage. And oh, get some brisk signal calls, some crisp snaps and get your butts off the ball.
9. The Larry Fitzgerald Share The Love Rule. When you score a TD, act like you care...and since this is a team game, go and high five your teammates for helping you score the TD.
10. The Double Team the Hot Player Rule. When one player in particular is beating you, make an ADJUSTMENT...like all other good teams do, and throw a double team at the guy. Sometimes all it takes is doing it just once or twice and the opponents will start looking in other directions.
11. The Don't Call Timeouts Until You Absolutely Have To Rule. First play of the second half? Take a penalty if you have to. Including challenges. All the replays showed that Torry Holt's reception on third and three late in the game was too iffy to challenge...understand the spirit of "indesputable evidence."
12. The If You Screw Up-Don't Yell at Your Teammate Rule. Don't wait to get into the lockerroom where everyone can see the replay and know whose fault it was, to take the blame.
13. The You Have an Athletic, Sure Handed 6'8" TE--Use Him Rule. See #3.
14. The Stop Ripping Off the Fans Rule. We have suffered long enough...and we can accept premium effort...and concentration...and hustle...even if we lose...but throwing and pissing games away like this one is an outrage. We deserve MUCH better...and have deserved it for a long, long time...for we are the antithesis of bandwagon fans...we are still here hoping for the best.
15. The Red Desert Rule. When a good, loyal member of this board need to vent...give him some slack. This board is the BEST way for all of us to achieve catharsis...which is so necessary. Yesterday I was watching the game with my girlfriend and I didn't want to freak her out so I suppressed my emotions. This morning I ripped into a somewhat innocent group of people having been only slightly provoked...which I quickly realized was the result of having suppressed my supreme frustration and anger over what happened yesterday. We need this board to vent...let's all have each other's backs when we do. Thanks all...thanks for hanging in there.
