01-19-2022, 07:52 PM
(01-19-2022, 07:18 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Yeah brother, but every coach had to deal with 'plumbers and mechanics' to different extents for 3 games. Only 15% crossed the picket line, and he only went 3-9 with regular players. Not sure how Sam can get a special exemption for that.
They played the first 2 games, then played with scabs for a month, then tried to come back like nothing happened.
Just look at Boomer's yearly stats, and it's easy to see when the strike year happened:
1985: 7-7 record - 93.2 passer rating
1986: 10-6 record - 87.7 passer rating
1987: 3-9 record - 73.2 passer rating
1988: 12-4 record - 97.4 passer rating
1989: 7-8 record - 92.1 passer rating
1990: 9-7 record - 77.0 passer rating
If you want to say Sam didn't handle the strike well, fine. I agree with that. But all I'm saying is those weren't normal circumstances like an injury or something.
Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree here.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
