Chinese socialist writer Lu Xun, writing before the Republican Revolution wrote about
"Imagine an iron house without windows, absolutely indestructible, with many people fast asleep inside who will soon die of suffocation. But you know since they will die in their sleep, they will not feel the pain of death. Now if you cry aloud to wake a few of the lighter sleepers, making those unfortunate few suffer the agony of irrevocable death, do you think you are doing them a good turn?"
"But if a few awake, you can't say there is no hope of destroying the iron house."
Is our inability to block, the iron house that Cal fans live in? Is Piotr waking up the light sleepers? Can Anae be destroyed (or convinced to make adjustments?) It truly is the intellectual's burden.
Despite my discomfort in finding wisdom in a Chinese Socialist's words, I will say that people repeatedly pointing out our offense's shortcomings, not to mention our long history of middling in whatever conference we seem to be, feels like thus cruelty the Lu Xun. Yet, only awakened, do we find any hope of triumph.
You should go with your gut. Because even if your gut is wrong, at the end of the day you have to live with your gut. If you and your gut don’t see eye to eye, you can wind up with some pretty serious indigestion.
The answer isn’t just that guys like Strong aren’t getting the ball where they need it often enough. As the color commentator on the Clemson telecast observed, for example, that back shoulder ball that was intercepted was Strong’s fault. He needed to battle to the boundary and take the defender’s slot away there. Aggressive to the ball, and always be finishing strong (no pun intended).
Great analysis, thanks so much. The data confirms what our eyes are telling us: something is seriously wrong with our offense. Why does it suck so much? Why are JKS and Strong (and other receivers) not on the same page? Why can’t our receivers get separation? Why can’t we run the ball? Why are our play calls so infuriating?
I don’t know how much the coaching staff gets paid as a collective, but it surely isn’t cheap. The big bucks are being spent the find out answers to the above problem. But you know what they say: “personnel is policy.” If we have the wrong people in the wrong places, then whatever you try to do with those people in those places is not going to work. Just need to find a personnel combination that works. And I’m not just talking about players.
Chinese socialist writer Lu Xun, writing before the Republican Revolution wrote about
"Imagine an iron house without windows, absolutely indestructible, with many people fast asleep inside who will soon die of suffocation. But you know since they will die in their sleep, they will not feel the pain of death. Now if you cry aloud to wake a few of the lighter sleepers, making those unfortunate few suffer the agony of irrevocable death, do you think you are doing them a good turn?"
"But if a few awake, you can't say there is no hope of destroying the iron house."
Is our inability to block, the iron house that Cal fans live in? Is Piotr waking up the light sleepers? Can Anae be destroyed (or convinced to make adjustments?) It truly is the intellectual's burden.
Addendum - Diary of a Madman (which this passage comes from) was AFTER the Republican Revolution - 1922 vs. 1911.
The management apologizes for the inaccuracy.
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Despite my discomfort in finding wisdom in a Chinese Socialist's words, I will say that people repeatedly pointing out our offense's shortcomings, not to mention our long history of middling in whatever conference we seem to be, feels like thus cruelty the Lu Xun. Yet, only awakened, do we find any hope of triumph.
So, now and forever:
GO!
BEARS!
You should go with your gut. Because even if your gut is wrong, at the end of the day you have to live with your gut. If you and your gut don’t see eye to eye, you can wind up with some pretty serious indigestion.
Hey, that was very cool; Hudl IQ is a heck of a tool. The UNLV game matters quite a bit, I bet it is going to be difficult to win.
The answer isn’t just that guys like Strong aren’t getting the ball where they need it often enough. As the color commentator on the Clemson telecast observed, for example, that back shoulder ball that was intercepted was Strong’s fault. He needed to battle to the boundary and take the defender’s slot away there. Aggressive to the ball, and always be finishing strong (no pun intended).
absolutely beautiful work!
Great analysis, thanks so much. The data confirms what our eyes are telling us: something is seriously wrong with our offense. Why does it suck so much? Why are JKS and Strong (and other receivers) not on the same page? Why can’t our receivers get separation? Why can’t we run the ball? Why are our play calls so infuriating?
I don’t know how much the coaching staff gets paid as a collective, but it surely isn’t cheap. The big bucks are being spent the find out answers to the above problem. But you know what they say: “personnel is policy.” If we have the wrong people in the wrong places, then whatever you try to do with those people in those places is not going to work. Just need to find a personnel combination that works. And I’m not just talking about players.