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The Philosophy of Bill Walsh (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=269327)

Heh. Ebook located.

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Soon GoChiefs will be the greatest football mind of our forum. He will also stay awake 22 hours a day and eat nothing but saltine crackers studying film while cutting himself.

Between PFF and Bill Walsh's mind droppings, I WILL WIN EVERY DEBATE.

The cost of that book reminds me of when I looked up how much a Seiko watch called "The Arnie" goes for since he wore it in like five or six films. Used versions for a watch that was originally around $300 now regularly fetch twice that price.

This is the football version of a book called The Golfing Machine by Homer Kelly. Supposedly it is just chock with verbose, jargon-laded physics vis-a-vis the golf swing. Ben Hogan proteges swear by it, but it's not in print and used versions are exceptionally hard to come by.

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 9351991)

are you referring to the original edition? because there are quite a few on ebay.

QB, LT and a Pass rusher who can still get after the QB in the 4th Quarter.
These were his key personnel decisions.

Bill Walsh, Building A Champion. It has been on my book shelf for many years now.

That book shelf is full, so thankfully they came out with this iPad/Kindle thingy :)

Currently reading, just recently released: Martyball. It is quite good.

Hope some of this rubbed off on Reid, since it was written by Mike Holmgren.

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Bill was no less adamant about the need to shoot for perfection. His convictions on the matter were illustrated vividly to me during an event that occurred one day in
practice. As the 49ers' quarterback coach, I watched Joe Montana throw a pass slightly behind Jerry Rice, who nevertheless would catch such a pass 99 times out of
100.

Most coaches might be satisfied with this success ratio. Not Bill. He immediately came to me and explained in great detail why a pass involving that route had to be
thrown twelve inches in front of the receiver, not six inches behind him.

I bought Finding the Winning Edge at a used book store in Virginia in 2002 while falling in love with Reid and McNabb in Philly. Absorbed it cover to cover - everything from how to run a football team from setting up the front office, coaching staff, evaluating QBs and other positions for the WCO, and even how to organize meetings, gamedays, and handling press conferences.

YOU ALL NEED TO READ THIS BOOK. It's Reid's system.

In 2003 I found a local men's flag football league here in Northern VA. I started a team with guys from work and I implemented the system (except the press conferences) and went out to the league message board to find more players. We held practices year round, played in spring leagues, fall leagues, and tournaments in the winter and summer. I got that team to win the local league twice and went to the Virginia State Tourney twice before losing in the Elite Eight round in a field of 64 teams the third year (2006). At that point my wife and I had child number three and she told me it was time to stop being a child.

Bottom line: Great book for the WCO obsessed - and yes - all of you are.

Also, my playbook: Go on eBay and search 2002 Philadelphia Eagles playbook. Somebody's out there making copies and mailing them out for a few bucks. Whence I looked last, there were hundred of playbook from various college and pro teams that were leaked. Reid's stuff is up there.

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Originally Posted by GoWalrus (Post 9352034)

Hope some of this rubbed off on Reid, since it was written by Mike Holmgren.

Matt Cassel -

"What's leading a WR?"