Frezo
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.For years I've lurked obsessively re: bawston spawtz - here, KFFL, SOSH, ... -- but this is I think the first time I've ever posted. I just just now registered in order to post in this thread.
1. Mostly to say Thank you, Thank you, and thanks, unoriginal. I yearn for such.
2. I think there's a deep untapped market for this type of football education. As a nearly professional lurk n' browser, why have i NEVER seen actual gamefilm online? Nowhere really, save on that ESPN show with Jaworski (sp?).
3. Few fans really understand much of what's going on in football. I've learned a little here and from FO, but I watch play with just about the same awareness as when Sam Bam was rocking my ten year-old world. The running back carries the ball how far -- nice juke there; he's throwing the ball to that guy; Russ Francis was inteferred with in friggin Oakland; Ellis Hobbs did not intefere in the endzone last AFC CG. How to watch the lines, where the safety plays, stunts?, the genius defensive shifts and disguises BB concocts... I dunno Why and how does a playbook contain seemingly hundreds of plays? HTF does everyone memorize all that?
4. Speaking of my fav sports figure, it seems BB actually opens up, gets excited even, when talking about these kind of details, the nuts and bolts from studying game film, i.e. when he pulled out film from his father's career. Why isn't he asked to do so? Instead, the "journalists" whine on and on about BB's (typically tactical) reticence.
5. ... because, as has been noted, the sports media are too... dumb? lazy? Especially on TV and radio (especially the latter), we're given simplistic speculation on the "character", motivations, "chemistry", heart, motor, etc. of kids in their 20's. Pure gossip, and crappy gossip at that (Inside Track relies on sources more diverse than pulled-from-own-ass). And, geez, one of the few benefits to being older than a 26 year-old is getting past your 20s... I don't much care about kids' dramas and feelings. Sports' fourth estate should report and anlayze primarily what happens between the lines.
OK, I'll shut up (be grateful I'm a lurker!).
What's my point, beyond deep gratitude? I dunno, just more, more, more, please; is game film, no matter the age, ever available? Can we kidnap BB and force him to break film down, say LT's greatest hits? Football is so complex, and he seems the best not only at the analysis but also making it understandable, insightful, educational, fun. BB and "fun", how remarkable would that be???
OK, now back to voyeurism...
Why not one or two hours a week on game film breakdowns? (Well, they have one show, where you get maybe three plays a week.)
Always nice to have someone else step up and have fun with trying to use those abominable TV broadcasts to increase everyones enjoyment and understanding. I got started because I couldn't believe the bashing of Tom Ashworth in a preseason game and wanted a closer look to see if my eyes deceived me. However frustrating the broadcast is to see the action, it turns to real fun when you're plodding through the frame advance and suddenly see where some little action, insignificant at game speed, makes a play work. It helps you see more of the game in real-time, and it really makes you appreciate the guys we cheer for all the more. Now brace for a hungry fan base.Too many nice comments to get to, thanks all for the compliments, I'm glad I could help. I view it as a little work early in the season will save me a lot of frustration later on.