The Coach Lapo On Youtube Thread

[Fatty Liver]

24 minutes ago, johnzo said:

Here's a flipside video about the Argos run D in the final. People are saying that the entire game rests on the contest of Argos DL vs our O, so I was very interested to watch this. Was surprised how intricate and orchestrated run defence is; from the outside it just looks like a chaotic furball.

Impressed with the play at 3:20 where the Argo DE Smith reads the play really well and goes all the way across the formation to stop Fletcher before he can get to the second level. Having always watched football from the sides, I've never appreciated the lateral movement of either line, outside of the occasional stunt or pulling block that the broadcast crew calls out.

Agree, had to listen to the game on CJOB as I was at the rink all day, kudos to Derek Taylor for doing such a great job describing the different formations and the player substitutions used by the Bombers D.  I watched the game later Sat. night and not once did the TSN broadcast crew ever mention the Bombers had up to 9 DB's on the field at the same time! 

It seems like the description of strategic formations being used should be fundamental to better explaining the game, but somehow tactical info. is considered not worthy of presenting???  The visual isn't much better, with the tighter camera angles provided and the focus on the offensive backfield it's difficult to see what formations are being used in the secondary. 

Hopefully with the advancement in technology taking place TSN reconsiders how they go about presenting the game and don't cling tenaciously to the 50+ year old model they've based their broadcast on.

[blue85gold]

Lapo on the Bombers D in the WF too

 

[Goalie]

Is Lapo just not a leader? I mean why did he fail as head coach so much. 
 

gotta be something missing there. Because seems to understand the game quite well. 
 

I dunno. 

Edited November 13 by Goalie

[Dr Zaius]

17 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Is Lapo just not a leader? I mean why did he fail as head coach so much. 
 

gotta be something missing there. Because seems to understand the game quite well. 
 

I dunno. 

Least inspiring coach ever. Not a leader of men.

No killer instinct. 

[17to85]

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Is Lapo just not a leader? I mean why did he fail as head coach so much. 
 

gotta be something missing there. Because seems to understand the game quite well. 
 

I dunno. 

He coaches not to lose. Simple as that. Guy has a real good understanding of the game, but he never knows when to go for the jugular instead opting to play it safe. 

[GCn20]

On 2024-11-12 at 8:03 PM, Goalie said:

Is Lapo just not a leader? I mean why did he fail as head coach so much. 
 

gotta be something missing there. Because seems to understand the game quite well. 
 

I dunno. 

One of the best X's and O's guys out there. Probably knows as much or more about that than any football coach in this league. That is not what a HC does though. He's got coordinators for that. 

[HardCoreBlue]

On 2024-11-12 at 8:06 PM, 17to85 said:

He coaches not to lose. Simple as that. Guy has a real good understanding of the game, but he never knows when to go for the jugular instead opting to play it safe. 

I would also add from what I've observed over the years was his stubbornness, his rigidness, his inflexibility to adapt on the fly, listen to others. He's a brilliant football man but it's also his greatest weakness, i.e., 'no this is exactly what we need to do, the players just aren't executing'.

[johnzo]

Lapo is really cranking out the videos for Grey Cup week.  This is the breakdown of the Bombers D vs. Argobuckle from Week 8.