Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: TDToomer on January 15, 2024, 05:25:42 PMQuinn was HC for the biggest choke job in Super Bowl History and his D gave up 41 points yesterday. Buyer beware.
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This. All he had to do was run the ball, and use clock.

Quote from: Trench on January 14, 2024, 07:14:25 PMWhy don't they ever show Jerrah on tv when Dallas is losing?

Pick your nose Jerry, pick your nose, cha cha
Pick your nose Jerry, pick your nose

                              

Just called 212-450-2000. Someone actually picked up, voice sounded like someone who answers the phone at a local school. She directed me to their PR dept. L/M starting with this call should be directed to the greed department, and went on from there.

Quote from: Ed Vette on January 12, 2024, 10:07:27 AMDisappointed that the best game is on a streaming service that fans would have to purchase a plan. Peacock my ass.

The league should get alot of heat for this. It pisses me off. I will call and try to get through to the league office, and give them a piece of my mind. F them.

There were other coaches not happy. Who? How many? The plural could just be referring to the Wilkins boys. They're gone. Ambiguity garners attention, and one's own interpretation. I saw a team lacking in talent, and with injuries play hard for Daboll. If the locker room resembled a High School cafeteria that would not have happened, and we would be picking 2nd or 3rd. You don't play hard and with a purpose without some unity.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on January 12, 2024, 06:52:56 AMAgree with all of the comments. Injuries/unavailability are definitely a factor, but it's not the only factor. We have seen them play like crap with more guys healthy, and Chytil has been out forever including during a prolonged streak where they looked great.

Igor just isn't the player he was in 2021-22. It felt like he had turned a corner in December, but now he's back to being pedestrian (at best) again. Guy is a bit of a head case I think. Just not consistent.

Trying not to get overly alarmed but generally under this coach when they have one terrible game they bounce back with a better effort in the next one. I hate that that didn't happen last night.

Sometimes I feel like this team gets into a phase where they're kind of robotic and lack intensity. We saw that a lot under the previous two coaches. They're talented enough to be a top 3 seed in the East (this assumes Igor can still be what he was in 2021-22, which is starting to really look uncertain). But sometimes they just look like they're not fully into it.

I think Lavvy is an intense coach and should be able to whip them back into shape, but man, it's not pretty right now.

My previous post "I've belabored this point a number of times. Too much stick checking, and not enough body checking. If in close proximity put your shoulder into chest/shoulders of the puck carrier. If along the boards try to put them through it without any head shots. Knock them off balance, mess up timing, make them keep their heads up. PLAY MEAN HOCKEY, damnit. You can't give up your Blue Line without creating some sort of gauntlet."  I wish there was a way to instill in each Ranger a New Yorker Ranger fan attitude. Meaning f u. All over the ice. I want a team no one wants to play against. Zib(his line) needs to have a Right Wing that can score and create. It's been lacking for way too long.

Pass(no pun intended). His age, and injury history are big red flags for me. Did you see the way he came off the field holding his side/ribs? Michigan beat him up. What will happen in the NFL? I want a QB to last 10 years, not 10 minutes. We already have Jones who can't stay on the field.

Quote from: Painter on January 09, 2024, 05:43:49 PMNo one really. Still, I don't blame anyone for rationalizing in the name of hope with logic suggesting that the losing can't last forever. That's true, isn't? I mean, like eventually they will have 2 winning seasons back-to-back, right?

Hey, this is a franchise which has played in 5 Super Bowls and won 4 (1986 & '90, 2007 & '11) so there can't be any suggestion that losing is in its DNA. However, we have at least once before seen Our Heroes go walkabout to a quite similar extent- actually, quite a bit worse. It started just about the time in 1970 that the NFL reshaped itself into Conference and Division format which as it happened began a stretch of just 2 (non-consecutive) winning seasons in and of the Giants next 13. That's right 2-13 compared to our current 2-9. Still, chilling as that may be, they are not related situations, and so no conclusions should be drawn, nor projections made.

But returning to the question- based on the results which are the established facts, the answer is Yes! And so, we are seeing changes once again about which it could be said, it's only the best teams which might prefer the status quo.

Cheers!   

"If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we all have a Merry Christmas" -Don Meredith, late and lamented.

Larry, actually losing is in their DNA. As I've mentioned in several previous posts a couple of months ago I compiled a regular season W-L record since 1965, the year I became a fan. I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but they are about 50-55 games under .500 during that span. Coaches, GM's, and players have come, and gone. The one constant is the Maras.

Quote from: Messiah717 on January 09, 2024, 02:11:41 PMThe goals the Rangers have been giving up are concerning.  Just getting skated around with guys allowed in uncontested.  Skilled teams like Vancouver expose the Rangers weaknesses very badly.  Drury needs to make some moves which definitely include a center to replace Chytil who's likely not coming back this season. 

I've belabored this point a number of times. Too much stick checking, and not enough body checking. If in close proximity put your shoulder into chest/shoulders of the puck carrier. If along the boards try to put them through it without any head shots. Knock them off balance, mess up timing, make them keep their heads up. PLAY MEAN HOCKEY, damnit. You can't give up your Blue Line without creating some sort of gauntlet.

The game has gone soft. It's time for some DC to take advantage of that, and an owner who will back it up. Football is a collision sport. Each play is controlled aggression. I would love to see a DC who uses the five yards at the LOS as a "kill" zone for the players on offense that can touch the ball. Forget about the ball, attack those that can handle it. For example don't let a TE leave the LOS without getting slammed. I'm not talking about being chucked, but being run into at the snap. Let the refs penalize you while creating short arms, hesitation, and miss-timimg. Ronnie Lott, George Atkinson, Mel Blount, Gary Fencik type of football. Let the world know Mother Theresa before and after the games, Atilla the Hun during them. Certainly no helmet to helmet, that should always be called. Everything else is fair game. Tackling is horrendous throughout football. Find someone who can teach it, because it's not being taught through the different levels of the game.

Quote from: uconnjack8 on January 08, 2024, 06:22:10 PMIf he goes to the Rams is that McVay giving the reach around?r

No,that would be Aaron Donald. Try to avoid the visual.

Here's a WILD thought. Bill Belichick. Here Bill the defense is yours. At 70 years old it may suit his needs now. Daboll worked for and won SB's with him. Instant credibility and respect.

I'm okay with this. Frankly I don't want a defense to rely on schemes. I much prefer mano a mano kick butt. Yesterday there were some plays where KT was 20 yards or so downfield in coverage. He belongs going forward from the LOS after the QB, and around ball carriers. Sometimes they tackled like they learned to do so in a convent. No more Ole, I want ball carriers/receivers to say O'sh$t. Tackle and hit down low.

He inherited a team in Cap hell, a QB not of his and his choice of HC choosing, a meddling owner, a team bereft of talent, and a predecessor who was The Grand Wizard of Ineptitude. The Wizard, and owner are responsible for paying Jones over $1MM per career turnovers(64), and injuries, not to mention all the open receivers he didn't see. Thus hindering/stalling Schoen's way forward. Before we grade him he should be allowed to have THE QB OF HIS CHOOSING. Not the Field General(Jones) who more resembles the fake General from Where Eagles Dare who was really a mere Corporal. He gets a grade of TBD. There is some talent in place. They play hard for Daboll. This team had no business winning three games with Tommy Cutlets as QB who's agent was right out of central casting. Look what Daboll was able to do with DeVito. Last year he squeezed the lemon with Jones, and Mara misinterpreted that. For that I say fongool to you John. My posts from the last two days have been salty at best. My apologies if I have offended anyone. I've been a die hard since 1965. The Giants in that time until now are about 55 games below .500. A historical losing franchise. The one constant is the Maras.

When the elevator is in the basement there really is only one way to go. However if no one pushes the right button the elevator stays in the basement. Yesterday's victory was meaningless except for the "rub and tug" it gave Mara. Soriani left opportunity on the table to avenge the Sudfield Submission. While he was in the game the goal(unstated) should have been that the next snap Hurts takes should be next Spring during OTA's. Send all eleven, and for good measure add on a roughing the passer. This morning there would be no Brotherly Love in Philly, Soriani would have been dropped from the Walt Whitman into the Delaware, there would be thousands of Rockies running up the museum steps, and the square in front of Independence Hall would be flowing with green blood(not Mr. Spock's). Revenge is a dish best served cold. I'll have my soft pretzel right out of the fridge with a drop of mustard.