...for the Chuck Klosterman fans out there. ESPN published an excerpt on football from his upcoming book. But don't be fooled by the word "excerpt", it's long. And good.
Noteworthy point to Bengals fans. When he gets into his list of innovative football minds you see the following people (among others):
- Bill Walsh (basically realized that passing for small chunks of yardage and running for small chunks of yardage amounted to the same thing, but that it was much easier to pass for those yards - this became the west coast offense)
- Sam Wyche (wanted to find a way to exploit bad match ups and fatigue by never letting the opponent adjust between plays - no huddle)
- Dick Lebeau (dropped huge defensive ends in coverage and blitzed smaller/faster guys - zone blitz)
All of those guys came up with their ideas while at Cincinnati under the Paul Brown. For whatever the reason, it seems Paul Brown encouraged and incubated many people with fringe ideas (even if he sometime ultimately drove them away to our detriment - Bill Walsh).
I think we can all agree it's only a matter of time til Chuck recognizes the innovative offensive thinking by Brat and the open, free thinking atmosphere Mikey fosters as owner.
4. Bob Bratkowsuck (make plays predictable so the defense knows exactly what's coming)
5. Dave Shula (make everything suck more than it was thought sucking was possible)
Posted by: FeedMikeBrownToAquaBengal | October 21, 2009 at 02:31 PM
Sam Wyche is known as the innovator of the No-Huddle Offense.
Bob Bratkowski will be known as the innovator of the No-Score Offense (aka Three and Out Ad Infinitum).
Posted by: Wyatt | October 21, 2009 at 06:03 PM
Brian McPhie should be calling the plays.
Posted by: Shane McMahon | October 21, 2009 at 07:24 PM
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Posted by: Brian McPhie | October 21, 2009 at 07:36 PM
The Bill Walsh fiasco has got to be the worst event in the history of Cincy sports (#2 is Kenyon Martin breaking his leg against St. Loius in 1999). It was tantamount to trading Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, and Joe Morgan in 1972. We lost him right before he went on to greatness as head coach of the 49ers. Who knows what would have happened? We'd probably be sitting on 2 or 3 Lombardi trophies along with our current 5 World Series titles (and I'll throw in a Bearcats NCAA championship, to boot).
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Posted by: SM | October 21, 2009 at 08:10 PM
Don't forget how Bresnahan perfected putting cornerbacks 50-80 yards off the line of scrimmage as a cornerstone of his bend-and-break defense. If anyone epitomizes the MFB era, it's Up-Chuck.
Posted by: Major Payne | October 21, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Major,
Here's hoping Up-Chuck is reunited with No-Score Bob next year in the UFL. I think, at this point, Jordan Palmer as playcaller is an upgrade - the guy builds iPhone apps from the ground up - how can calling plays be?
Posted by: Wyatt | October 21, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Speaking of Jordan Palmer, I checked the RunPee times for Sunday's game against the Bears. There were 12 of them. When I looked at the details they all said:
"RunPee approximately (x) minutes into the game when...the Bengals face 2nd and long.
You will have approximately 45 seconds to RunPee while...
Cedric Benson runs up the middle for 1 yard."
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This year he gets a pass since he had 60 days to install an offense which is why it has been like watching a high school football game most of this season.
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