What Zac has done that Marvin couldn't

[MileHighGrowler]

(01-23-2023, 03:23 PM)jj22 Wrote: In the AFCN you have to have some "dog" as the young kids say. You can't have a team full of choir boys as some old heads would say. Marvin sacrificed character for that "dog" and while it gave us the edge we needed to have some bite against some of the other "dogs" in the AFCN, we paid a heavy price for it with penalties, arrests, and emotional meltdowns.

Zac has somehow gotten players with edge and fight, without the character flaws. This team is full of choir boys, but yesterday showed me they have bark AND bite to go along with high character.

This team seems finesse, but somehow they aren't. They are tough and physical, without all the character sacrifices that haunted us in the past. Zac and the Front Office has done a great job walking that thin line this new era.

That's the most impressive thing about this team.  They've got a potent offense, which makes one typically go straight to the "finesse team" assumption.  But they're still AFCN pounders, getting physical on both sides of the ball.  That Chase block circulating on one of the other threads here is a great example.  They're physical, determined and play as a unit.  

That last one (playing as a unit) is what makes the team the most special since ZT has arrived.  Both sides calling each other on and playing as one team, and guys putting the team ahead of themselves.  I know it's a different roster than 5 years ago, but it feels like the team has "matured" to a place where they realize what's important and they're going after the same goal.  The 90s feel an eternity away.