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I'm a football fan, and a parent. Seems to me that this year is a perfect example of one of the more frustrating universal truths, applicable both to children, and to players: Experience is not transferable.
I HATE seeing a DB peek into the backfield, only to get burned; HATE seeing tacklers take the wrong angle, or commit stupid penalties; HATE seeing raw quarterbacks force a pass that just isn't there. Just like I HATE when I see my kids make the same mistakes I did at their age, even though I've warned them against it. I know better - why shouldn't they? I'm sure coaches feel the same way about players - they know better; why shouldn't the players?
I'm sure the first several weeks of this season were incredibly frustrating for Gregg Williams, and for Jeff Fisher; just like seeing my kids make mistakes I warned them about is incredibly frustrating for me.
No rookies anymore, though; not with 13 games under their belts. Experience is not transferable, but now even our new players have a full college season under their belts. They've seen it before, been there before, and are reacting with discipline, and aggression. I like it.
Hope next year we don't have to go through an inexperienced quarterback; hope we'll have only one or two players new to the NFL. Hope my kids are done with their rookie mistakes, too, dammit!
I HATE seeing a DB peek into the backfield, only to get burned; HATE seeing tacklers take the wrong angle, or commit stupid penalties; HATE seeing raw quarterbacks force a pass that just isn't there. Just like I HATE when I see my kids make the same mistakes I did at their age, even though I've warned them against it. I know better - why shouldn't they? I'm sure coaches feel the same way about players - they know better; why shouldn't the players?
I'm sure the first several weeks of this season were incredibly frustrating for Gregg Williams, and for Jeff Fisher; just like seeing my kids make mistakes I warned them about is incredibly frustrating for me.
No rookies anymore, though; not with 13 games under their belts. Experience is not transferable, but now even our new players have a full college season under their belts. They've seen it before, been there before, and are reacting with discipline, and aggression. I like it.
Hope next year we don't have to go through an inexperienced quarterback; hope we'll have only one or two players new to the NFL. Hope my kids are done with their rookie mistakes, too, dammit!