Hambone wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:01 pm
aklawitter wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:43 am
The Bombers inexplicably don't have ANYBODY more than 24 yards off the LOS when Rhymes catches the ball.
Rhymes gets contacted at the 33, this is exactly when Hatcher turns his head presumably to check the time. At this point even the other Bombers had let up, expecting the tackle to be made. Rhymes looked back towards Parker at this point as well. If Rhymes goes down with this contact, he likely would have been down at the 29 yard line, making for a 36 or so yard field goal with at least 1 second left on the clock. Exactly 7 seconds elapses from the exact moment of the snap to when he breaks this tackle.
brain fart moment. coulda woulda shoulda
Woulda, coulda, shoulda sums it up. Apparently in the roughly 5 seconds Rhymes had from the time the ball touched his hands until the clock hit zero he had time to think about kicking the ball into or through the end zone, consider going down either by contact/in hopes a Bomber would touch him to end the play or cast a gaze to the sidelines for instruction on what he should do. All this while running as fast as he can while looking at the goal line and the end zone game clock with one eye and with the other trying to check his rear view mirrors to see who was chasing him and from where.
I've made a similar case given how Rhymes had to get the ball firmly in grip and that took time and then turn to see if he can make it which seemed a sure thing.
Eliminating the need for a decision would be clear instruction in the huddle to get down also or at the bench when you're coming on as an Offence.
I'M CONFUSING RHYMES HERE WITH THE FUMBLE RECOVER BY SIANE TEUHEMA SO INSERT RHYMES IN THE NEXT SENTENCE!
Also, SIANE TEUHEMA had two players with him that if the outside player had made a first block on the man closest to him it might have left the field side guy able to cut off the tackle that came from the field side. It's happening fast but players can be coached in drills to look for these opportunities.
These accompanying parties have to understand three things:
1. No penalties look to block BUT don't if it's not easily a legal block
2. Like in soccer give warnings when there's a tracker
3. No celebrations - it ain't over till it's over! (as a coach, I'd use that Yogi line as it's silly and players remember this stuff).
It wasn't the case here but you see players doing this stuff all time and clearly it's not being instilled in them that's it's the details.
You can coach for special situations with time running out. Narrows the player's decision-making.
Pass and Punt:
You can practice the pass and punt or the punting rule that Montreal pulled off despite not punting to the 1st down marker.
Def who get a fumble or INT and Off players can practice the punt and others getting under it or on it in the end zone in drills with no defenders.
Set up a Rhymes scenario the guy with the ball followed by two players who practice getting under kick if short and in the air or recovering it.
Last Play Kick Return:
Do it like pro soccer teams do it with shadow attack bringing the ball up from the goal where you have a skeleton "defence" who don't try to more than force a directional change. Kick return team practices the crazy laterals against skeleton DEF who don't try to touch them but force them to change direction/pass.
What I know from coaching youth baseball and soccer and senior men's soccer teams is that fun drills like this turn up on game day.
Coaches forget the rules they could take advantage of like the punt MTL did and get too conservative in the CFL with narrow philosophical thinking and in this era of specialization players no longer have the skills to be a running back, make a quick kick or toss a pass.
