So, after sleeping on it, I've determined that my initial response is 100% correct.
We didn't lose because of the refs. Even though calling them refs, is a ****ing joke. Roger Goodell, at the behest of his bosses, the owners, are playing Russian Roulette with player safety, and game quality. But, for financial reasons, i.e., greed, they don't care. Our game was the worst yet, as far as the refs allowing dirty/dangerous play, but it's been a part of every game I've watched so far this season, regardless of which teams are playing.
We didn't lose because the Rams have better players. Granted, Bradford is fine QB. He's probably their best player. But I'd say Griffin as already, as good, if not better. Our D-line, on paper, is better than their O-line, on paper. I'd say our LB's, even without Rak, are better than theirs. Steven Jackson, was removed by a legit disciplinarian coach, Fisher, so our running backs, on paper, are better than theirs. So, even if you call all the other areas equal, we are, on paper, a more talented team.
But, as we all know, too well, they don't play the game, on paper.
We lost because we were thoroughly, embarrassingly, out-coached. Fisher got more, out of less, than Shanny. He had his guys operating at peak effort. Their game plans, both offensively, and defensively, were brilliant. They looked like a veteran squad that had been game planning together for years. Ours looked like they just got together Sunday morning and threw something together.
Haslett doesn't look like he could adjust the setting on a rock. He gets lucky, on occasion, and gives the impression he might be ok. But it seems more often, that he isn't a very good game planner. He's not a very good in-game play caller. And his adjustments, well, remember the rock.
Danny Smith has to have compromising photos of Shanny, or Snyder. The Swiss Cheese Blocking scheme he employs doesn't seem to work. Maybe it's just me. "He Sucks!", is the nicest thing I can say about him.
Which brings us to Shanny. The man ultimately responsible. Fisher might as well have bent him over a chair on the 50 yard line and rode him like a broke down nag. Fishers team had an answer for everything.
Shanny's, not so much. Very disheartening.
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