From: GC.SUL@forsythe.stanford.edu (Sullivan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: comments from Ram/Niner game
Date: 23 Nov 1992 15:49:56 -0800
Organization: Stanford University
NNTP-Posting-Host: morrow.stanford.edu

1.  Dana Hall is not developing very well to date.  I was willing
to cut him a lot of slack early on to make rookie mistakes, and to
expect that at the most he'd be adequate this year.  He has not
improved.  I keep wanting to see it as I claimed (and still do) that
Hall was a good pick, but now I'm doubting and wondering if Merton
Hanks can play FS.  I'll give it another week or 2 but if we make a
change, it'll have to be a couple games before playoffs.

2. The Niners season has started.  As I said early in the season,
you can't make decisions about how good the D is until later.  It
is later and they are stopping people when they need to - in the
4th quarter.  As I said early, the Niners play run first, but that
later in the season, they get tighter, pass rush more
aggressively, and blitz.  They make it a policy not to put a
defender in too exposed a position to fail.  The D will get better
still, NOT DOMINANT, but good enough to win it all.  The Niners have
won 3 SBs without a dominant D anyway.

3.  I could do without Madden's analysis of the Turkey and the
Retriever.  His analysis about why Young isn't hitting Rice was
REALLY interesting.   I'm a big Young fan, but it seems that he
has trouble with the read to make the quick completion to the
WR on the slant in.  On the one Madden diagrammed, Young looked to
his left first (Rice was coming from the right), and by the time
he looked to Rice, Rice had already reached the Strong Safety in
the middle of the field.   I have a feeling he reads the Weak
Safety to see if he plays in or out and it takes him too long.  I
KNOW it's been said about Young, and it's been said here.  I've
never seen it laid out for me.  Don't get me wrong, Young is the
best in the game right now, he's my first pick.

4.  Rams played a good game, they are a good team.  I think they
gave Niners a much tougher game than the Eagles are going to give
next time, I don't care what the W/L records are.

5.  Madden also made a great comment about 'playing the whole game'.
very well articulated about patience and execution.

6.  Dexter played really well in his kickoff returns.  Unlike some
Niner faithful who think he was a wasted pick, he will do some great
things for the Niners before season is out.

7.  Special teams are better than ever.  good riddance, Stiles.
Games with the Rams in the past have been generally characterized
by a big turnover by Special Teams to swing some field position or
momentum, usually in the Rams favor.

8. Seifert gets coach of the year.  He's had a complete turnover
of staff(everyone moved up elsewhere), had gaps to fill and develop
in the players, and has already defeated the predictions of many
critics that claimed that when the Walsh era vets start
disappearing, this team will sink into the second division.  He's
made good decisions about his involvement in games this year(he's
distributed responsibility, put down the headset): the game-day
coaching has been awesome.

Niner fans, WE are so EFFFING SPOILED!!!  Already I hear some Aholes
saying if the Niners don't win the SB, this season's a failure.
GIMME a break, these were the same guys who thought we'd get
hammered this year.  I expect we'll win the show, but this season's
already a success.  Stuffing that bowling trophy down Glandville's
throat was enough for me.

Go Niners.  The best is coming.

Mike
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