Thursday, September 09, 2004

Who's coaching this team?

Dave Barry writes on the joys of watching a team coached by Dave Wannstedt. Does this sound familiar?

Say I'm lying on the sofa watching pro football, and my team, the Miami
Dolphins, have the ball, and it's third and four, a situation in which the
Dolphins, after considering all 3,487 of their offensive plays, always decide to
send the running back into the middle of the line for a gain of 2 yards.

ALWAYS.

So as the Dolphins line up - with the opposing team's entire defense
bunched around the middle, holding signs that say, "WELCOME, DOLPHINS RUNNING BACK!" - I'm thinking this would be the perfect time for the Dolphins to - just once! - try something different, maybe an actual forward pass. But sure enough,
when the ball is snapped, the Dolphins ... send the running back up the middle
for a gain of 2 yards!

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