Richard Smith, am I the Only One?

[KJ3]

Originally Posted by Joshua

I think a lot of people dislike him because they see a timid defense and want more aggressive play. What a lot of people forget is that the few times we have tried to be aggressive, it has backfired more often than not.

this is exactly why i don't appreciate his defense and philosophy of "bend don't break". except i remember it as when we took the aggression out good things happened. matter of perception i suppose?

one thing is certain: "bend but don't break" can REALLY EASILY be "bend over" and that's what happened for a majority of last year.

in my opinion a defense can be passive or aggressive. passive, which we employ, is too reactionary for my likes. i would LOVE to see more forcing action onto the offense instead of recieving all the action. aggressive isn't necessarily picking "engage eight" on madden every play blitzing of course would be the obvious gauge but really i just want to see some "f*ck yourself mr. opposing offensive player" attitude. corners jamming and not just giving up 7 yards every play, receivers wary of treading the middle, some big hits. aggressive play. don't just sit back and take it for 7 yards everytime because offenses will take a 7 yard pass every down and all the way down.

EDIT: oh yea, whoever said kubiak's offense is vanilla needs help watching the games hahaha...

DOUBLE EDIT: i also wanted to throw in that i'm loving the type of player this regime has brought to defense though!!!