Conventional Wisdom
by SanAntone on Sep 21, 2008 10:23 PM MDT
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When I realized that hevchv agreed with my last post about the importance of today's game and that I agreed with his last post about the letdown of a less-than-perfect September, I figured I had better write this entry before the sun came up in the West tomorrow morning.
I refuse to allow one road loss to launch me into a diatribe about the supposed "culture of losing" attached to our franchise and the players employed by that franchise. In other words, I look for reasons to believe that the present coaching staff and the present players really represent a profound departure from an unfortunate legacy. Obviously, the Bidwills will never change. They have a half-century track record of rejoicing in the escalating value of their family asset while allowing other owners and other teams to create the buzz so important in producing that ever-escalating value. Nice work if you can get it.
Today, Bill Parcells and his minions threw away the conventional wisdom and bludgeoned the depleted Patriots using an offensive scheme reminiscent of a thousand sandlots. While the skills of one Ronnie Brown produced touchdown after touchdown, I believe that the entire team was energized by the manner in which the brain trust refused to make excuses for the emptiness of their cupboard or the certain lumps associated with a major rebuilding project. They simply devised a game plan around the talent at hand and won the game. I believe that the daring, resourceful manner in which they prevailed will pay dividends for years to come. We'll see, I guess.
In closing, our franchise has performed wretchedly when not blessed with a last place schedule or when the non-divisional rotation has forced an inordinate number of games with premier teams. While it would be foolish to underestimate the importance of talent, big results come from big goals. Lofty records are the product of loftier ambitions. I will not recite the litany of the manner in which we have lost to the good teams and prevailed against the "hot seat" coaches of weaker teams until OUR head coach has found himself on the proverbial "hot seat". More than anything, I would like to see an end to the Cardinals revolving door. Today's result has left me with real doubts that an end is close at hand.
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Combination Failed
Yesterday’s game was like trying to remember the combination to a Master lock that you hadn’t used in a long time. You knew the combo once and made good use of the lock but now you only know one or two of the numbers and cannot quite get the third one right.
The Cardinals knew the combination necessary to unlock an elusive road victory against a playoff calibre team yesterday, they just couldn’t get the last number right. Two of those three numbers were pretty clear, being 11 and 32. They kept trying 13 and it seemed promising but never quite did the trick. Once the number was 89 on fourth down. No, wait, delay of game. They tried 15 a few times on kickoffs and deep passes but that only induced penalties and a bounced off of a helmet interception. Even once the coaches tried an play “reminiscent of a thousand sandlots” when 85 tossed a pass to 34! Run, Timmy, run! Why isn’t he getting up?
The Cardinals coaching staff tried a lot of different numbers trying to unlock this victory. They numbers should have worked, it was the numbers themselves that failed to execute. Or it was that wad of gum in the lock called the Washington Redskins.
One road loss versus a good Redskins team, a beatable team, but good all the same is all this is. It stinks but this is only the third week of the season. You didn’t think 16-0 was going to happen for the Cardinals, did you? The coaches will try another combination next week against a Jets team and I expect the combinations they choose will work, if the numbers themselves can execute.
We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!
Nice post
A lot of things happened early in the game, and you can’t win all the battles. The biggest question in my mind though is why they tied combo #9 at 4th & 6 with less than 3 minutes to go. They needed a drastic change of momentum at that point and I found that way too conservative a call.
by AJ BirdWatcher on Sep 22, 2008 7:19 AM MDT up reply actions
Expected 58 & 24 to step up
Faith in the defense to stop the Redskins late in the game. The Cards didn’t really have an answer for Portis most of the day and that cost them as much the game as the two turnovers.
We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!
you really think Portis got to them?
I thought they did a good job of containing him and might have even paid to much attention to him, giving Campbell short throws all over the field.
great comment and concise analysis of a close game
That comment is probably worthy of it’s own story, but regardless, it’s very well said. There are plenty of reasons why the Cardinals ended up with a L instead of a W, but ultimately they let one slip away instead of taking control of the game. I wasn’t particularly fond of the game plan but the plan was good enough to win. A tweak or two here or one more play there could have ended up in a win but hey this is a team trying to get over the hump (just like the broadcast said about a million times), not a team that’s already there. I’m still confident that they’ll figure it out and eventually they’ll win these kinds of games.
There are two things wrong
with Hawkwind. First, he chooses the psuedo-sophisticated, ever-so-British spelling of the word “calibre”. Tell me, do you try to sound like Prince Andrew when you purchase the Old Milwaukee Tall Boys at the local convenience market? Tally ho, Chauncey.
Second, Hawk looks at the Cardinals’ schedule each year and he divides the games into the categories of certain wins, certain defeats and toss-ups. Then, he manages to convince himself that the Redbirds will prevail in most of the toss-ups.
How do I know that he does these things? Because I engage in the exact same kinds of self destructive behavior. Oops. Must close now so I shant miss this week’s episode of Masterpiece Theatre.
Born in Australia, read a lot of British authors when I was remembered what words were spelt like. ::shrugs:: You’re starting to sound like one of my geology professors that docked me points because I spelt “colour” British. Or should I say “spelled color English”, resident insult comic?
We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!
I need to look at the fanposts more often
How did I miss this great blog. But don’t worry, I will use this little clip as my screen saver until after the game.
I agreed with his last post about the letdown of a less-than-perfect September
Thanks for the kinda’ warm sentiment. We must kindred spirits now.
O.K. the moment has passed.
How can you deface such an elegent metaphor used to describe the Cards. I love the “lock” and I agree that once we open it up, OOOOOH Baby.
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