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Rajmahal33 · 03-02-2009, 01:47 PM

My thoughts on this style of play debate boils down to this...this is an NFL player on an NFL team. This isn't college football. The coaches don't have the luxury to change a player's game to fit their system. These are professional athletes who have worked years at their craft and will naturally be rigid to change. This is also NOT the NBA. Players in the NFL (especially interior d-linemen) are not valuable enough that they can just dictate how their entire team should craft their scheme around them. Case in point, DeAngelo Hall was released after that blockbuster deal last offseason cuz he couldn't fit Oakland's man system. He was supposed to be an elite corner/game changer/etc. We've seen another freelancer with loads of talent get benched and eventually dropped by the skins (Hint: his initials were LA).

The bottom line is that both sides (AH and Blache) are going to have to be flexible and work with each other in order for this to work out.

03-02-2009, 01:47 PM	#9
Rajmahal33 Special Teams Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 478	Re: Yet another Haynesworth thread: his style of play My thoughts on this style of play debate boils down to this...this is an NFL player on an NFL team. This isn't college football. The coaches don't have the luxury to change a player's game to fit their system. These are professional athletes who have worked years at their craft and will naturally be rigid to change. This is also NOT the NBA. Players in the NFL (especially interior d-linemen) are not valuable enough that they can just dictate how their entire team should craft their scheme around them. Case in point, DeAngelo Hall was released after that blockbuster deal last offseason cuz he couldn't fit Oakland's man system. He was supposed to be an elite corner/game changer/etc. We've seen another freelancer with loads of talent get benched and eventually dropped by the skins (Hint: his initials were LA). The bottom line is that both sides (AH and Blache) are going to have to be flexible and work with each other in order for this to work out. __________________ McNasty FTW!