[CBFF] August 25

[Jim Ferolie]

Coaches never hold back on trying to win. But they don't always use all of 
their weapons all-out.

We weren't going to see the Bears try a flea flicker or a double-reverse or 
a fake punt. Greg Olsen would have played if it were a playoff game, and if 
we'd been down 12 points, maybe they'd have tried a few more wrinkles with 
Hester. But why on earth would they burn those up and put them on film for 
another opponent?

I think it has little to do with Dallas and more to do with not tipping your 
hand so early in the season if you don't have to. There's a bit of a gamble 
in that -- there could be a TD and an onside kick, for example -- but 
trusting a defense like this one is not a huge gamble.

If you can win with your base plays, win with them. They won.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Westmalle van 't vat" <westmalle at comcast.net>


> On 9/18/07 1:11 PM, "Jerry Madsen" <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That would stand to reason.
>>
>> On 9/18/07, Dwayne <dwayne at wctc.net> wrote:
>>> Any chance we are playing it vanilla, the thinking being the coaching 
>>> staff
>>> looked at 1-1 as an acceptable start, and have held the offense back for
>>> this Dallas game?
>>> D
>
> Huh?  Stand to reason?  I cannot imagine any circumstances under which
> they've been "holding back" in anticipation of the Dallas game.  Or any
> game.  That makes less than zero sense to me.
>
> We do not have the luxury of not going all out on offense.  I could
> understand this if it were Payton Manning or Tom Brady--probably the only
> two QBs in the league who could 'turn it on' or 'off' at will--but not us.
> The coaching staff has really wanted us to get on track.  But we have
> failed.
>