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Originally Posted by Superturtle
There are former players that have said his scheme takes 2+ years to learn and that they are asked to read and react instead of attack.
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I've spoken to that as well.
There is ONE former player who said that - Ron Parker. The same Ron Parker who had his ONLY success in that scheme. The same Ron Parker who was an immediate contributor and key player in that scheme within
weeks of being picked up off waivers. Beyond that, please provide the 'read and react' quote - I'm pretty sure that's editorializing because I don't believe that was part of any quote from a player complaining about the defense.
Moreover, Ron Parker's own words don't make any sense as applied to
Ron Parker. And then Soren Petro started spouting them as gospel without thinking or actually reviewing what the team is doing out there.
Parker is trying to justify his spot on the roster when he's being asked questions by the media. The 'savvy veteran here to show the kids the ropes in this super complicated system' mantra is sure a convenient one for the washed up veteran to be selling, isn't it?
Funny how not terribly complicated it was when he was dropped into it after being cut after camp and played just fine.
I reiterate - instead of just parroting a line that doesn't make sense on its face (and embellishing it as well - nicely done), if YOU'RE the guy that's going to try to make the claim as though its your own, how about you try to marshall some support for it.
Literally every time I've had this conversation it's hit a dead end because the people that spew this nonsense invariably don't have the acumen to support it. The people that DO have actually critically examined this system and realized "well I'll be damned....it's actually pretty simple when you start looking at it"
Again - I'm open to discourse here but "well Ron Parker said so" ain't discourse. It's an logical fallacy that can't stand up to the slightest bit of scrutiny.