Re: The Dante Scarnecchia Secret
From a Jackie MacMullan article prior to the SB loss:
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"Dante is one of the best teachers I've ever been around," (Brad) Seely said. "He does a great job of taking any subject and simplifying it so anyone can understand.
"When Ron Meyer hired me with the Colts, he put me in charge of special teams. I didn't know what the heck was going on, but they knew Dante could help me. They knew he'd find a way to make me learn it."
Any one who has ever listened to this guy speak, seen him in action, or had the pleasure to interact with him realizes he lives and breathes the game. Scars IS football. Like Belichick, this guy appears to love nothing more than to be around the game and to coach his players. Belichick and so many of the guys he surrounds himself with are among the greatest teachers in the game...
And as for the results of the SB... consider this fact...
Last year (including the post-season) Tom Brady attempted 655 passes and was sacked 29 times. That's one sack for every 22.6 pass attempts...
Those numbers compare pretty favorably to the rest of the league... especially if you take away the 5 sacks in said Super Bowl that throw the ratio off a bit...
Its no secret that the Pats O-Line looked outclassed in dealing with the G-Men's relentless pass rush from 4 and sometimes 5
Pass Rush specialists at a time. But in the end, the Patriots were still a few defensive plays from winning every single game of the season and a fourth Super Bowl title... All on Scarnecchia's watch. Scars has converted wrestlers alongside so-called reaches and they have thrived, and second round picks converted into perennial Pro Bowlers...
I'm not so sure what he has accomplished and what he stands for as a coach doesn't speak for itself...
You may wake up tomorrow with the Mighty Scars looking down on you in your bed- cradling your Adam's Apple in a small pool of blood in the palm of his hand.
Don't **** with the Dante.