Bryce stats past the sticks

[45catfan]

Good on Bryce taking advantage of a really bad pass defense.  I just wen back and looked at his longer passes and ooh boy were these guys WIDE OPEN.

[tukafan21]

17 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Complain when he doesn't throw to wide open receivers and complain when he does. You guys are making my head spin.

This one isn't me complaining, it's pointing out that we still missed an opportunity, I see them as very different things.

I gave the players and coaches their props yesterday, I enjoyed watching that game and enjoying the win.  But those things don't mean that I'm not going to ask questions when I see a stat like this and realize that even in a good win that I was happy with, there were still missed opportunities to help improve our players.

[tukafan21]

24 minutes ago, strato said:

I was afraid you would use Herm to miss the point, but I risked it because despite his record he was 100% right on that one. Congratulations. 

Your point was that you play to win the games.

My point was that that's a statement you make when you can't see the forest through the trees.

Yes, you do play to win the games, but you're also playing to win THE game, as in the Super Bowl.  And just playing to win the games at hand at the expense of getting better so you can contend for THE game, isn't a long term successful strategy, it's how franchises like ours are unable to have back to back winning seasons.

And Herm's career "success" in comparison to his quote is a picture perfect example of exactly that.  Just playing to win the game isn't going to help you down the line, it's immediate happiness for long term disappointment.

Edited October 13, 2025 by tukafan21

[strato]

14 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

Your point was that you play to win the games.

My point was that that's a statement you make when you can't see the forest through the trees.

Yes, you do play to win the games, but you're also playing to win THE game, as in the Super Bowl.  And just playing to win the games at hand at the expense of getting better so you can contend for THE game, isn't a long term successful strategy, it's how franchises like ours are unable to have back to back winning seasons.

And Herm's career "success" in comparison to his quote is a picture perfect example of exactly that.  Just playing to win the game isn't going to help you down the line, it's immediate happiness for long term disappointment.

You aren’t going to convince me, this is circular. Let’s stop.