Dariusz Michalszewski's place in history

[DeeMoney]

There's a certain irony: Those teams with the running QBs are playing something that superficially resembles the old single wing from the 1940s; just without the between the tackles plunges from the fullback and the slow developing outside runs from the tailback (QB) or the wingback. Not many direct snaps to the other backs, either.

Yeah, its the whole nothing is ever new-just recycled. I feel like a lot of what they run is very similar to the veer offenses you used to see in the south during the 60s and 70s (just with a play side bubble or slant as opposed to an extra TE blocking).

[Biledriver]

I feel that, its actually my biggest concern with sports in general. We're reaching a Nash equilibrium where everyone has figured out the best way to do things- everyone knows it and does it anyways. Its even worse in the NBA where everyone runs the same offensive set 80% of the time.

I will say that teams discovering running QBs are a viable option has changed things at the NFL level.

There's a certain irony: Those teams with the running QBs are playing something that superficially resembles the old single wing from the 1940s; just without the between the tackles plunges from the fullback and the slow developing outside runs from the tailback (QB) or the wingback. Not many direct snaps to the other backs, either.

[DeeMoney]

Watching 50-60 3 yard passes a game bores the fu ck out of me. The sport h0m0genized to the point where pretty much all teams looked like all the other teams running the same generic playbook. And the game they were playing looked like parody of what Bill Walsh was running in the '80s. The yards per catch is now 10s and dropping. In the next 2-3 years it will drop into the 9s: Many teams are already there. I have no interest in the sport anymore. None. I find it completely uninteresting. In fact, I'd rather watch golf (and occasionally do). American football lost me a long time ago.....and I say that as someone who was a super fan in the '80s.

I feel that, its actually my biggest concern with sports in general. We're reaching a Nash equilibrium where everyone has figured out the best way to do things- everyone knows it and does it anyways. Its even worse in the NBA where everyone runs the same offensive set 80% of the time.

I will say that teams discovering running QBs are a viable option has changed things at the NFL level.

[Biledriver]

As someone who has worked in various capacities with American Football, and at various levels, I am interested by what turned you away from the sport?

I find there to be a lot of intricacies that still exist in the game stylistically and strategically (especially at lower levels where there is a lot more variety of tactics and les h0mogeneity of ability). Not to mention, the diversity of competition within a given game/play allows for a fan to engage in a wide array of viewing options; you could focus on interior line play which though connected to perimeter play of receivers and DBs is almost wholly unrelated, or schematic and play calling tactics, etc etc.

Watching 50-60 3 yard passes a game bores the fu ck out of me. The sport h0m0genized to the point where pretty much all teams looked like all the other teams running the same generic playbook. And the game they were playing looked like parody of what Bill Walsh was running in the '80s. The yards per catch is now 10s and dropping. In the next 2-3 years it will drop into the 9s: Many teams are already there. I have no interest in the sport anymore. None. I find it completely uninteresting. In fact, I'd rather watch golf (and occasionally do). American football lost me a long time ago.....and I say that as someone who was a super fan in the '80s.

[DeeMoney]

Actually, I intensely dislike American football and think it's been watchable since the 1990s. It makes me want to puke. Unlike the vast majority of American sports "fans", I don't have the attention span of a fu cking gerbil. I'm interested in the game, not the sound-byte highlight. I watch a dozen or more soccer games a week, and a bunch of hockey games on top of them. Continuous action is no problem if the spectator has more than three brain cells to rub together. I've said before: Americans are NOT sports fans. They're EVENT fans. They're fans of the big spectacle. The NFL feeds them with that mindless pablum literally every fu cking game. Americans are also fans of gam bling. That's the other half of NFL fandom: American football is a better's dream. Also, I'll pass on all the "American Exceptionalism" bullsh it. It makes me want to puke more than NFL games. The only thing exceptional about Americans is their oversized egos, their mind-boggling stup idity, and their over-the-top penchant for evil.....and I say that as an American who's had a lifetime of experience watching her fellow Americans.

I like you, Willie, you're one of my favorite posters! Just don't try to sell me on American football: You'll never succeed!

As someone who has worked in various capacities with American Football, and at various levels, I am interested by what turned you away from the sport?

I find there to be a lot of intricacies that still exist in the game stylistically and strategically (especially at lower levels where there is a lot more variety of tactics and les h0mogeneity of ability). Not to mention, the diversity of competition within a given game/play allows for a fan to engage in a wide array of viewing options; you could focus on interior line play which though connected to perimeter play of receivers and DBs is almost wholly unrelated, or schematic and play calling tactics, etc etc.

[Biledriver]

Soccer needs a second referee and the flopping will stop.

Not sure why it won't make that simple adjustment. It's want the flopping to stop and referees have become more aggressive in calling it (flopping), but a second ref changes everything.

I get the feeling that football is like baseball. It is so steeped in tradition it struggles making even the smallest alteration in its rules or play.

Actually, they already have a second ref: He's up in the booth watching on video with complete replay functions. It's called VAR (Video Assistant Referee). ALL flopping is caught on video and reviewed extensively to see if a foul actually occurred. The problem is there's no consequences to the flopper. Players who flop (Neymar I'm looking at you) need to be shown a yellow and then I guarantee that sh it would stop immediately. I dislike flopping, but I understand the incentives: If it works you get an opponent carded, if it doesn't there's no risk to you. Same with American wide receivers faking pass interferences: Sometimes it works, but if it doesn't you won't get flagged. No risk, high reward.

[Willie Pep 229]

Soccer needs a second referee and the flopping will stop.

Not sure why it won't make that simple adjustment. It's want the flopping to stop and referees have become more aggressive in calling it (flopping), but a second ref changes everything.

I get the feeling that football is like baseball. It is so steeped in tradition it struggles making even the smallest alteration in its rules or play.

[JAB5239]

- - Everyone on AOL knew exactly who Darius was.

Wart was a protected fighter who fought in an International Super Six where every fighter who fought away from their country suffered a loss save Wart who was never required to leave the States.

Ugly as Shyte fouler as well as being a suspected $issy more interested in he Imelda Marcos shoe collection.

Ward, the greatest super middleweight of all time....deal with it!!

[JAB5239]

- - BonnyBrony like U. Y U no post a link on U alternative forum?

Sissy?

Instead of answering my latest retort to you, you went back more than two weeks to beg for my attention, and you're calling me a sissy?

It's always fun taking you to school and watching you self destruct.

[QueensburyRules]

Sure. My hair is thicker than it looks too.

I said nothing about the Hall of Fame or his quality as a fighter. I noted that he is pretty obscure. He made no splash at all in the world at large. Outside of Europe he was practically a nonentity. Take this boxing forum as an example. There has not been a thread on him in years. Maybe he had a bad style for popularity. For a guy with as much ability as people on here are saying, he is very low on the radar indeed.

Andre Ward was not popular due mainly to his style, but honestly was one of the most accomplished boxers I have ever seen, and I did not like him either.

Virgil Hill was one of the weakest LH champions I can remember. There is no justification for his being in the HOF. They probably wanted another Indian, which I don't even believe he was.

- - Everyone on AOL knew exactly who Darius was.

Wart was a protected fighter who fought in an International Super Six where every fighter who fought away from their country suffered a loss save Wart who was never required to leave the States.

Ugly as Shyte fouler as well as being a suspected $issy more interested in he Imelda Marcos shoe collection.