F.Y.I. Norv and Ted---Death by paper cut.....IS STILL DEATH! Fire Cottrell and let Ron Rivera employ a bit of the ol' 46 Buddy Ryan defense he learned back in 1985 with the Monsters of The Midway! We hate talking Xs and Os but it must be done...to borrow a British Phrase: Ted Cottrell is a useless CUNT! He's not the only useless cunt out there either...
(Sunday October 26, 2008)
Cottrell is gone and Ron Rivera takes the helm. We asked for Rivera and we got 'em.......now will we get the 46 Defense? We can only hope! Line up 8 in the box and send 'em all!
Now Rivera can't do the tackling for these guys. You're either committed to puttin' your nose in there or you're not.....but there is one thing that Ron Rivera can do for our players on the defensive side of the ball that not too many others can boast:
.....that's right! He can teach them to dance with purpose....as a TEAM...rather than as individuals doing silly solos he can coordinate their efforts in a dance studio.....to celebrate the advancement of the TEAM over that of the individual. Rivera's co-teacher should be that one fella.....whatshisname?......Samurai.....
....ahhhh...."Samurai" Mike Singletary....That's right! Nobody messes in his neighborhood! It rang true back in the '80's and judging by the rant on Sunday after the San Francisco loss.......well at least we know Vernon Davis won't be messin' in his neighborhood.
Our little dancers on D, need the "dressing down" of their lives and maybe Rivera will give it to 'em---SAMURAI MIKE STYLE!
Our D cannot get worse. It is an impossibility. Good move....and it gives us something to talk about....like the 1985 Monsters of the Midway (:
(OF NOTE.......The video for the Superbowl Shuffle was filmed after the only loss of the 85 season...Dolphins on a Monday Night with all of their idiot '72 guys watching, Mercury Morris et. al.! They filmed upon return from Miami so a lot of guys were tired and chose not to go to the shoot and others (see: STARS) were edited in. Ron Rivera did not make it in.
As a youngster in Chicago I had a general fear of playing the Dolphins in the Superbowl as another loss to that fucker Marino would have made the winter far too long and painful. To my surprise.....some team called the Patriots upset the Fish and met us in Superbowl XX.....honestly, I laughed. The Pats had no chance! Reconsidering the course of history, however, I now feel that the Patriots Cheated us out of our destiny (see: Forest Gump's rescue of Lieutenant Dan) to avenge our only loss against the team to have defeated us in 1985.....yet another reason to hate the fucking New England Patriots!
Steve Grogan and Tony Eason my ass!
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The Firing of Ted Cottrell; Addition by Subtraction?
It remains to be seen whether Rivera is a leader of men like his former teammate, Coach Singletary, but the Avenger-In-Chief makes a noteworthy point, “Rivera can't do the tackling for these guys.” You are correct sir, he cannot, and therein lies the principal issue.
The problem with the Chargers defense starts with the fact that they cannot tackle, and that, as everyone who has played contact sports knows, is a matter of heart. Let’s face it, Matt Wilhelm is no Mike Singletary, nor is Igor Olshansky a Richard Dent. The change of regime on defense may have been necessary, but does not necessarily speak to the weaknesses of the Charger defense. It can be likened to the parade of execs and govt. officials who will soon be swinging from the gallows pole for the financial disaster our nation is currently enduring-it’s a mess, and the mob won’t be satisfied until there’s some blood on the streets.
Now our hopes for defensive capability will fall upon the shoulders of a former Midway Monster, a member of one of the greatest teams in NFL history, a throwback to a better time-the latter days of an era when football players played not only for money, but for the love of the game. Before “protecting the players”, (read-“investment”), was the paramount concern of this league.
Sure, they Super-Bowl and Ickey shuffled, and sack danced, and high-fived, and were well-paid for all of it. And today’s players surely still love the game, as well as possess the competitive nature required to propel themselves to such a high level of play. However, it is evident that there is a lack of commitment, loyalty, and Spartan toughness in the NFL today, and the Chargers defense is exhibit-A.
The responsibility for lack of performance on the field ultimately resides with the players themselves. Engaging in ridiculous and premature celebratory dances that cost your team an opportunity to take a game into overtime can be blamed on coaching…if the offending player is in High School! Professional athletes, on the other hand, should be (and all too often are not), held to a higher standard.
Can our new defensive leadership encourage Wilhelm to stop bouncing off of ball carriers? Can he fire Castillo up to break though double teams? Can he get Cromartie to pull his head out of his ass? We’ve eight games to find out.
Let us all hope and pray that Rivera can pass along some of the toughness, passion and esprit-de-corps that he and his mates exhibited so well, some 23 years ago.
-The Omsbudvenger
The Picture of Rivera; Yea, that's a Patriot he's smashing!
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