Comments on: Rams-Jaguars: Fear of Losing http://ramsherd.com/2009/10/19/rams-jaguars-fear-of-losing/ Just another Fanball Blogs weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:04:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: coachconnors http://ramsherd.com/2009/10/19/rams-jaguars-fear-of-losing/#comment-116 coachconnors Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:32:24 +0000 http://ramsherd.com/?p=647#comment-116 Clearly a massive undertaking, almost experiment in simulatenous learning curves, as we have rookies in HC, OC, and DC who have never held those posts before. Leadership sometimes doesn't take hold right away. It worse even if the team is struggling only to lose. I say when making this call you have to take into consideration this team's situation, with this record, MORE so than the simple by-the-book stats about average percentage of suceess. There is a psychology, a human factor, that has to be accounted for. Being safe got us nothing. Being a little aggressive and at least appearing confident maybe would've also lost but it wouldn't have got us nothing. It would've paid dividends in the players minds...dividends that we would now enjoy even witrh the same L result. Football is an emotional game. Momentum means something. Confidence means even more. Besides, if I'm coaching that game and I know my D has been on the field for 2X as long as the offense, there's no way I take a chance on putting them back out there...MJD had 133 yards and 3 TD's for Pete's sake. Look your offense in the eye and tell them "Men, you're going to win this game right here, right now." Clearly a massive undertaking, almost experiment in simulatenous learning curves, as we have rookies in HC, OC, and DC who have never held those posts before. Leadership sometimes doesn’t take hold right away. It worse even if the team is struggling only to lose.

I say when making this call you have to take into consideration this team’s situation, with this record, MORE so than the simple by-the-book stats about average percentage of suceess.

There is a psychology, a human factor, that has to be accounted for. Being safe got us nothing. Being a little aggressive and at least appearing confident maybe would’ve also lost but it wouldn’t have got us nothing. It would’ve paid dividends in the players minds…dividends that we would now enjoy even witrh the same L result.

Football is an emotional game. Momentum means something. Confidence means even more.

Besides, if I’m coaching that game and I know my D has been on the field for 2X as long as the offense, there’s no way I take a chance on putting them back out there…MJD had 133 yards and 3 TD’s for Pete’s sake. Look your offense in the eye and tell them “Men, you’re going to win this game right here, right now.”

]]> By: Will http://ramsherd.com/2009/10/19/rams-jaguars-fear-of-losing/#comment-115 Will Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:47:45 +0000 http://ramsherd.com/?p=647#comment-115 Coach, the more I think about it, the more I agree. Win or lose, this is the Rams' "learning year." New coaches, so many new players, new schemes, and new attitude. But lumped in with that new "team first" attitude has to be a certain standard that should be met. If that standard is just playing it safe, rather than playing to win, then no thank you. We had enough of that in the Linehan years. I think in many ways, this is a learning year for Spagnuolo as well. He has to learn a bit about himself, and what a team is going to demand of him in order to become a winner. He's going to have to learn that he can push this team, and get more than they might think they're capable of out of them. Coach, the more I think about it, the more I agree. Win or lose, this is the Rams’ “learning year.” New coaches, so many new players, new schemes, and new attitude. But lumped in with that new “team first” attitude has to be a certain standard that should be met. If that standard is just playing it safe, rather than playing to win, then no thank you. We had enough of that in the Linehan years.

I think in many ways, this is a learning year for Spagnuolo as well. He has to learn a bit about himself, and what a team is going to demand of him in order to become a winner. He’s going to have to learn that he can push this team, and get more than they might think they’re capable of out of them.

]]> By: coachconnors http://ramsherd.com/2009/10/19/rams-jaguars-fear-of-losing/#comment-114 coachconnors Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:26:40 +0000 http://ramsherd.com/?p=647#comment-114 "if the Rams had gone for the win and failed, that loss would be on the coach’s shoulders." Also if the Rams had gone for the win, it would have boosted the players confidence, no matter what the outcome was. How do you develop killer instinct but to try to kill? If you're going to review the tape, please tell us what Jacob Bell did, good or bad. “if the Rams had gone for the win and failed, that loss would be on the coach’s shoulders.”

Also if the Rams had gone for the win, it would have boosted the players confidence, no matter what the outcome was. How do you develop killer instinct but to try to kill?

If you’re going to review the tape, please tell us what Jacob Bell did, good or bad.

]]> By: Random Ramsdom: Oct. 19th, 2009 http://ramsherd.com/2009/10/19/rams-jaguars-fear-of-losing/#comment-113 Random Ramsdom: Oct. 19th, 2009 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:31:24 +0000 http://ramsherd.com/?p=647#comment-113 [...] Field Goal or Touchdown? Will at Ramsherd weighs in on the decision to tie the game. [...] [...] Field Goal or Touchdown? Will at Ramsherd weighs in on the decision to tie the game. [...]

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