Brad Sham - Do Not Adjust. The Second-Half Problem Is Not With Your Set

[erod]

There's no such thing as "halftime adjustments." Biggest meaningless cliche in football.

Halftime is 12 minutes. Half that is spent leaving and returning to the field. Then guys pee. That leaves about one minute for "halftime adjustments."

Adjustments happen all game long. Mostly, players just execute or don't.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

The coaching isn’t bad. It’s just not good enough to make the playoffs on a consistent basis. We have seven years of evidence.

 

[CATCH17]

There's no such thing as "halftime adjustments." Biggest meaningless cliche in football.

Halftime is 12 minutes. Half that is spent leaving and returning to the field. Then guys pee. That leaves about one minute for "halftime adjustments."

Adjustments happen all game long. Mostly, players just execute or don't.

Or in our case we just don’t adjust..

 

[TwoDeep3]

There's no such thing as "halftime adjustments." Biggest meaningless cliche in football.

Halftime is 12 minutes. Half that is spent leaving and returning to the field. Then guys pee. That leaves about one minute for "halftime adjustments."

Adjustments happen all game long. Mostly, players just execute or don't.

Then why do the ex players who announce the games talk about half time adjustments?

 

[Toruk_Makto]

six sacks by ONE MEDIOCRE PLAYER who admitted he only needed one move to get each one. On top of the pressures and everything else and YOU CLAIM NOTHING MORE COULD BE DONE.


Your pathetic attempt to homer Red Ball and company is actually quite amusing.

Your claim that adjustments were made go counter to what several former players and coaches have said. SO NOW you are smarter than someone who has coached or played in the NFL.

Keep it up. I need a laugh.

Which of my statements do you disagree with? I said he was given significant help. I also said that even the best pass rushers cannot be doubled every single play nor can one man be given help on every single play. Do you agree or disagree?

Furthermore I asked another question considering in all the games we have won this season we have won the 2nd half did we make adjustments in those games or did the other team not make adjustments? I'm just trying to understand where people stand on the issue.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

7 years and going...clap, clap, clap.

It takes a coach 10 years to be a SB coach.It will probably take Garrett 20. lol

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Or in our case we just don’t adjust..

We all know what's coming after HT and lately it's been a beatdown.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

He was, but he wasn't given enough help. They did chip on that side 8-9 times. They ran at the widened gap. They rolled the pocket away from that side, and run away from that side, and change up the play calling to get the ball out faster, and, ultimately, they replaced the LT. It wasn't enough, though. And even if there was an obvious counter to it, they should have put a blocker out there full-time if for no other reason than to give the appearance of making an adjustment.

On the other hand, they did a better job with plugging that hole v. PHI. And didn't end up scoring any more points, as a result. They still have 4 sacks and three picks, and they played a game hamstrung with their offensive options.

If you've got a gaping hole at LT and a guy you don't trust at LG, and your RT has a challenging matchup, and your all-world RG is giving up pressure up the middle, your going to have problems on offense no matter what you do. That ATL game was lost when Lee went out, unfortunately.

So what you're saying is that sometimes there is only so much you can do when your players cannot win individual matchups even if you put them in favorable situations, even when you limit your offensive options to offer them additional help and even if that makes you predictable and easier to defend?

So it's not as simple as to say "just make an adjustment" in a game you're winning 9-7 at halftime?

It makes me wonder sometimes about all the people complaining if they've ever played organized ball before. Sometimes talent just beats strategy when you're facing superior players or when your talent doesn't show up.

But I get it. It's easier to say we are a coaching move away form the Superbowl rather than saying hey we need to continue to improve the roster because we have obvious holes and some depth concerns behind really important players.

 

[Chuck 54]

Wow....did anyone actually read the article or take in what Babe said, or does everyone think they were just lying about halftime adjustments in the NFL.

 

[percyhoward]

There is also an argument to be made that if the coaching was horrible, we wouldn't be leading at halftime against GB, ATL and the Eagles when those teams clearly had more talent on the field.

Evidently the week of preparation is stellar.

I think some of it is that the offense misses having Romo (either on the field or the sideline) to identify little things that can be keyed on during the game. Pretty decent offensive mind to have around.

 

[percyhoward]

Then why do the ex players who announce the games talk about half time adjustments?

Oh, you must mean people who actually know what they're talking about.

IIRC, on Sunday night's broadcast, Colinsworth alluded to adjustments that you could specifically see on each team's first drive of the 2nd half.

 

[SultanOfSix]

The coaching isn’t bad. It’s just not good enough to make the playoffs on a consistent basis. We have seven years of evidence.

Exactly.

The coaching staff simply isn't good enough. Seven years of a team averaging average should be sufficient enough evidence to tell most people this is true.

 

[JoeKing]

“They might not adjust at the right time in a series, they might not adjust at the right time in a ballgame, and obviously they can lose ballgames.

“But this is a really outstanding coaching staff. I’m really proud to have them.”....................Jerry Jones


Seems the owner of the team thinks the coaches don't adjust either, not just the fans................so Broaddus is laughing at Jerry?

I'm laughing at you.

 

[Blackspider214]

Garrett can't make even the most simple of adjustments. Against the Eagles, even a child can see that Garrett should have healed Tyron and Sean Lee at halftime and brought Zeke off the suspension list for the 3rd Quarter. How does this guy keep his job?

He keeps his job because we have an idiot for a GM and he has the same mindset as your terrible take in this post.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Then why do the ex players who announce the games talk about half time adjustments?

Because they're talking to fans? Because it's entertainment? Because it's a common trope? Because you can sound smart and never be proven wrong?

 

[Dre11]

Wow, relax Jed. Or is it John? Whatever that losers brothers name is you need to go talk to your bro and not us.

Lol, you living room coaches hate it when you're made to look a fool...lol

 

[Dre11]

Oh ok so this is the argument now? After the fact we can tell if adjustments are made based on the talent of the team we are facing.

Got it!

We're also lucky those coaches of teams with equal or more talent don't actually prepare for the first half of games against us because what would we do then?!

Exactly, they love moving those goalposts...lol

 

[stilltheguru88]

Lol, you living room coaches hate it when you're made to look a fool...lol

I’m fine over here bro

 

[Skillit]

One of the things I thought I liked about Garrett is that he is a process guy; he doesn’t throw his plan out at the first sign of adversity.

I get it—-‘we put this plan together over two days, rehearsed, analyzed and rehearsed again.’ Why would we change when we’ve had success ‘sticking with the formula’ before?

Some of the stats are baffling, and to my eye- not helping the LT in the ATL is about unforgivable.....but the answer is complex, layered and multifaceted.

 

[Dre11]

When you've been owned
Just be quiet

You haters been owned a long time ago, yet you're still talking.