Comments on: The 2006 Holiday Bowl: A Model of Perfection? Part III http://goldenblogs.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/the-2006-holiday-bowl-a-model-of-perfection-part-iii/ Tell The Whole Damn World, This Is Blog Territory! Fri, 11 May 2012 05:39:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: abercrombie and fitch uk http://goldenblogs.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/the-2006-holiday-bowl-a-model-of-perfection-part-iii/#comment-3644 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:21:52 +0100 http://goldenblogs.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/the-2006-holiday-bowl-a-model-of-perfection-part-iii/#comment-3644 You’re the best, thanks for the awesome article. I’m having troubles subscribing to your blogs feed. Thought I’d let you know. You’re the best, thanks for the awesome article. I’m having troubles subscribing to your blogs feed. Thought I’d let you know.

]]> by: abercrombie uk http://goldenblogs.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/the-2006-holiday-bowl-a-model-of-perfection-part-iii/#comment-3620 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:18:50 +0100 http://goldenblogs.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/the-2006-holiday-bowl-a-model-of-perfection-part-iii/#comment-3620 Nice post Amazing, I found your site on Bing looking around for something completely unrelated and I really enjoyed your site. I will stop by again to read some more posts. Nice post Amazing, I found your site on Bing looking around for something completely unrelated and I really enjoyed your site. I will stop by again to read some more posts.

]]> by: Ken Crawford http://goldenblogs.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/the-2006-holiday-bowl-a-model-of-perfection-part-iii/#comment-255 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:15:05 +0100 http://goldenblogs.blogsome.com/2007/07/19/the-2006-holiday-bowl-a-model-of-perfection-part-iii/#comment-255 I'm glad to see you sticking up for Dunbar, HydroTech. There has definitely been way too much Dunbar bashing. I think you've made some over-statements in your final analysis, but considering that the pendulum has swung way too far to the other side, I'll overlook them. What I think is impossible to know is just how much the TedBar offense was Tedford or Dunbar. It's unfair to put all the positives on Tedford's shoulders and all the negatives on Dunbar's shoulders. It's also unfair to assume that all the changes that seemed for the worse were Dunbar's idea. Tedford obviously wanted some changes and probably played a part in some that didn't work too well. Overall I think it was the right decision for Dunbar to leave both for himself and for Cal. It's not that it couldn't or wouldn't work, but I think it made the playbook too big. We forget sometimes that these are just 20 year old college kids, not seasoned 30 year old pros. I college there is value do doing fewer things well and I think that the combined playbook was just too big. It prevented both Dunbar and Teford from getting everything they wanted in and ensured that the players weren't executing as crisply on the entire playbook. And if anyone deserves the blame for creating a huge playbook, in the end that is on Tedford's shoulders. I’m glad to see you sticking up for Dunbar, HydroTech. There has definitely been way too much Dunbar bashing. I think you’ve made some over-statements in your final analysis, but considering that the pendulum has swung way too far to the other side, I’ll overlook them.

What I think is impossible to know is just how much the TedBar offense was Tedford or Dunbar. It’s unfair to put all the positives on Tedford’s shoulders and all the negatives on Dunbar’s shoulders. It’s also unfair to assume that all the changes that seemed for the worse were Dunbar’s idea. Tedford obviously wanted some changes and probably played a part in some that didn’t work too well.

Overall I think it was the right decision for Dunbar to leave both for himself and for Cal. It’s not that it couldn’t or wouldn’t work, but I think it made the playbook too big. We forget sometimes that these are just 20 year old college kids, not seasoned 30 year old pros. I college there is value do doing fewer things well and I think that the combined playbook was just too big. It prevented both Dunbar and Teford from getting everything they wanted in and ensured that the players weren’t executing as crisply on the entire playbook.

And if anyone deserves the blame for creating a huge playbook, in the end that is on Tedford’s shoulders.

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