Moe
09-30-2009, 09:48 AM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/09/29/mail/index.html
"Late Sunday afternoon, Detroit coach Jim Schwartz and his rookie quarterback, Matthew Stafford, found themselves alone on an elevator leaving Ford Field after the Lions' 19-14 win over Washington. There were many things Schwartz could have said -- how great it was to break a 19-game Lions losing streak, how cool it was for a downtrodden city, how proud he was for both them on their first NFL victory. But this is what Schwartz chose to say:
"Don't you ever go conservative on me.''
"I won't, coach,'' said Stafford."
It kills me to see teams across the league playing aggressive football, while we're hamstrung by an offensive coach who preaches conservative play and a DC who prefers to sit back and hope for the opponent to peter out.
Fortune favors the bold.
"Late Sunday afternoon, Detroit coach Jim Schwartz and his rookie quarterback, Matthew Stafford, found themselves alone on an elevator leaving Ford Field after the Lions' 19-14 win over Washington. There were many things Schwartz could have said -- how great it was to break a 19-game Lions losing streak, how cool it was for a downtrodden city, how proud he was for both them on their first NFL victory. But this is what Schwartz chose to say:
"Don't you ever go conservative on me.''
"I won't, coach,'' said Stafford."
It kills me to see teams across the league playing aggressive football, while we're hamstrung by an offensive coach who preaches conservative play and a DC who prefers to sit back and hope for the opponent to peter out.
Fortune favors the bold.