Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
Sentences of the Day: Bill Walsh Edition
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Sentences of the Day: Bill Walsh Edition
TIGHT END — Ideal size: 6-41/2, 245 Requirements for a tight end depend heavily on the system being deployed. It’s almost a necessity to find the athlete who best fits your system of football…. […] Now there is one more type of tight end — the great, all around type who is a Hall of Fame…
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Bill Walsh and Joe Montana on the fundamentals of quarterbacking
Old but good stuff from the master:
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Snag, stick, and the importance of triangles (yes, triangles) in the passing game
When Sid Gillman revolutionized and all but invented the modern passing game, he did it through a “conceptual” approach to pass plays based on three “pass concepts”. Because football is governed by its immutable twins of strategy — arithmetic and geometry — these remain the foundation for all effective pass plays: Vertical stretches — These…
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Can the West Coast Offense be taught anywhere besides the NFL?
Is it possible to run the “West Coast Offense” — the offense credited to Bill Walsh and those of his “coaching tree” — at any level other than the NFL? The answer is not necessarily clear. Indeed, despite being the most prevalent offense in the NFL, the WCO seems designed to overwhelm any college or…
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Montana Magic
Stumbled across these great videos of Joe Montana, grand executor of Bill Walsh’s precision offense. There are many great things to notice from these clips, but in particularly focus on Montana’s footwork. This is one area where quarterbacks as a whole have regressed.
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Bill Walsh on USC, Pete Carroll, Oklahoma and Stoops
After USC pasted Oklahoma in the 2005 Orange Bowl to win the National Title, Bill Walsh had a little column in the Los Angeles Times. I only remembered this because I happened to be in L.A. that week, and happened to buy a copy (I know, no one buys newspapers anymore). If you want to…
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