Step Away from the Keyboard, Relax and Breathe

FOR Raider — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:58:39 -0000

I can't believe the drama associated with a person negotiating terms of his employment contract. All the calls about his loyalty and committing to Tech are pure BS. The only question should be is he doing his job sufficiently enough to warrant the pay. He isn't your wife who you can expect loyalty from. He isn't your parent or child. He is a professional coach for your university. Recently John Montford applied for the UT Chancellor job. I don't recall reading about a public outcry about him not being loyal to AT&T where he currently works.

Colleges fire coaches all the time. Where is their loyalty? I don't recall the coaching profession being outraged when Syracuse fired Greg Robinson, questioning their loyalty to Coach Robinson. The guy lost and got fired. Leach has won more than any other coach at Tech and wants a raise and stuff. Seems reasonable. It is a business on both sides and being negotiated as such. Negotiations, especially when done by professionals, ALWAYS includes demands that the demanding party KNOWS will need to be adjusted down. Apart from Texas Tech being a state owned institution, this isn't really any of our business.

This is a free market, capitalist society. Leach chooses to market himself in hopes of increasing his value. He's not your wife or girlfriend. Take a deep breathe and let it work itself out.

I once heard that the art of successful negotiation was to care, but not that much. Most posters on the fan sites care way too much to see this for what it is.

Shuting Down the AirRaid

FOR Raider — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:30:47 -0000

I have a question for Seth. What are teams like Missouri doing that stymies the Air Raid so much? Over the past two seasons the two games with Missouri point to more than just a QB having an off day. I'd like to know what you think.

I wonder if the key is knowing the read progression for the basic formations that the QB makes and how the receivers typically react to coverage positioning. The Air Raid is premised on the receivers reading the db and running to space. For instance, in the Cotton Bowl Alabama played inside leverage so the outside receivers ran outside fly routes looking for the lob on the sideline. So if you know for a particular formation, can you position your defense to show something and do another? What about a variable blitz, one where your pressure comes based upon the formation and the hot reads? Cover options 1 and 2 tight and blitz away from the hot reads.

It just seems to me that Missouri did more than just have "good pressure." They frustrated Graham and I think it was by jumping hot routes and taking away the quick options when they brought pressure.

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Step Away from the Keyboard, Relax and Breathe

Shuting Down the AirRaid