On 10/28/05, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm not a big sports guy, but from what I understand, before game day, while in training that week, coaches and their staff usually sit down and watch films of the other team in action. THey studies the other teams weaknesses, so they know where to attack - *AND* - they study their strengths so they know where to build up the most defensively. They study patterns and whatnot. But they have to make an honest assessment of the other team if they hope to win. If the local public soccer team where to go up against the World Cup champions with nothing but the attitude "We ROCK! THese guys *SUCK*! Let's play some Football!" they are not only gonna get trounced - they are prolly going to get a lot of their own players hurt. You've got to have a strategy. You've got to have some idea of what you're up against. Never mentioning "the enemy" or even the enemy's strengths may make for a good pep rally - but not a good week of training. I see the lists as where the coaches hang out - the ones in charge - the ones who make decisions. They are the ones who need to watch the game films. They are the ones who need to know where to attack. Maybe you don't show the whole film to the players - but you have to have that knowledge in place to make intelligent choices.
We might be a lot more than some local non-pro team, but we are certainly going up against the World Cup champions for the last 10 - 15 years. Even the #2 team in the world still studies their opponents with honesty and a degree of healthy respect for the other team - they didn't get to be #1 in the world by accident.
And even in the war annology, you still have to know the enemies strengths and weaknesses in order to win. No matter how evil or deserving of death an opponent may be - you still gotta know where to strike in order to vbe victorious.
-Chad Smith
Therefore arguments about how to weaken the opposition are as natural to
that group as it would be for a hockey team to work out the weaknesses
and vulnerabilities of the opposition in a big game. (leaving aside
analogies of warring nations where the penalties for siding with the
opposition are more severe)
I doubt that if during one of our team talks before a rugby match one of
the players started to say why the opposition were great and superior to
us in many departments. What if one of the game strategies agreed by all
the other players as a key to success and that had been worked on for
weeks in training had a minor set back and that person started
rejoicing? Don't you think they would get thrown off the team?
I'm not a big sports guy, but from what I understand, before game day, while in training that week, coaches and their staff usually sit down and watch films of the other team in action. THey studies the other teams weaknesses, so they know where to attack - *AND* - they study their strengths so they know where to build up the most defensively. They study patterns and whatnot. But they have to make an honest assessment of the other team if they hope to win. If the local public soccer team where to go up against the World Cup champions with nothing but the attitude "We ROCK! THese guys *SUCK*! Let's play some Football!" they are not only gonna get trounced - they are prolly going to get a lot of their own players hurt. You've got to have a strategy. You've got to have some idea of what you're up against. Never mentioning "the enemy" or even the enemy's strengths may make for a good pep rally - but not a good week of training. I see the lists as where the coaches hang out - the ones in charge - the ones who make decisions. They are the ones who need to watch the game films. They are the ones who need to know where to attack. Maybe you don't show the whole film to the players - but you have to have that knowledge in place to make intelligent choices.
We might be a lot more than some local non-pro team, but we are certainly going up against the World Cup champions for the last 10 - 15 years. Even the #2 team in the world still studies their opponents with honesty and a degree of healthy respect for the other team - they didn't get to be #1 in the world by accident.
And even in the war annology, you still have to know the enemies strengths and weaknesses in order to win. No matter how evil or deserving of death an opponent may be - you still gotta know where to strike in order to vbe victorious.
-Chad Smith
