re: I feel bad for the Negatigers

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in game adjustments.

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This is where we disagree.

Football games are won before kickoff. Toughness, want to, the willingness to compete, mental resilence, these are the things that lead to execution and execution is where football games are won. Lombardi didn't beat you with schemes. The Bear didn't beat you with trickery. Those guys and every great top flight coach beat you by making their teams tougher and by making them better at executing under pressure!

Being able to "execute under pressure" is what separates losers from winners. Great coaches build this trait into their teams before kickoff. The little in game tweaks to scheme that are made are one of the most misunderstood and overrated parts of the game for the casual fan. They hear the announcers say that one team or one coach made "great halftime adjustments" and they fall for it hook line and sinker. Its the biggest bunch of crap that exists when fans talk about the game.

In a long coaching career, there are relatively few games that are swung by game managment or clock management coaching decisions. Its not even an average of one per year. Far more games are decided by one coach making his team better before kickoff...this is what CLM excels at!!

Yes Miles has screwed up a few games with bad choices...just like every coach...and yes I wish he would never miss. I understand however, that the only reason that those games even come down to a tough decision is that Miles' pregame coaching has GOT US THERE!