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SirClintonPortis · 12-06-2010, 07:56 PM

For all of Mike Shanahan being a part of the WCO tree, he is not pure Walshian at all. Play action and big plays are a big deal to him. The WCO primarily affects the passing game and tends to be more conservative and reliant on YAC. However, it's clear that YAC is harder to grab when defenders have become much more athletic than they were in the time of Walsh, and Holmgren was a "purist".

Also, teams who seems to be "power teams" are actually ZBS teams, such as Carolina and Oakland.

12-06-2010, 07:56 PM	#2
SirClintonPortis Pro Bowl Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6,052	Re: REDSKINS Football Air Corryell or West Coast, 3-4 or 4-3 For all of Mike Shanahan being a part of the WCO tree, he is not pure Walshian at all. Play action and big plays are a big deal to him. The WCO primarily affects the passing game and tends to be more conservative and reliant on YAC. However, it's clear that YAC is harder to grab when defenders have become much more athletic than they were in the time of Walsh, and Holmgren was a "purist". Also, teams who seems to be "power teams" are actually ZBS teams, such as Carolina and Oakland. __________________ Analysis using datasets (aka stats) is an attempt at reverse-engineering a player's "goodness". Virtuosity remembered, douchebaggery forgotten. The ideal character profile shoved down modern Western men and women's throats is Don Juan.