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I have been wondering a bit over the last few seasons if Bud's natural tendencies were a bit amplified due to the bad offense. We know how he likes to call his defense and we all love the aggressive nature of it. With a struggling offense, I wonder if he was more willing to gamble on getting a sack or turnover to try to spark the offense/give good field position. An incomplete pass in zone coverage is nice, but a sack (or sack/fumble) would give the offense a short field and get some momentum going.

As a counter point to this, I also wonder if part of the defensive struggles have come from still being too aggressive when we knew our offense couldn't move the ball at all in some games. Many examples, but take the ECU game from 2014. Our corners were getting torched out there on islands with the jump balls because they had no safety help and Bud was sending the house to get to the QB. Our entire OL was getting eaten alive by that huge NT for ECU, and Brewer was getting crushed, so the offense did nothing until virtually a miraculous comeback towards the end. Shouldn't we have been a little more conservative on defense and went to a zone look on D, maybe make Carden have to go through a few more reads instead of quick passes to wide open guys?

The problem is, and we all know this: Bud Foster is at his absolute best when he can be aggressive and take chances, I don't think he subscribes to more conservative "bend but don't break" philosophies. Our D may shut down teams 90% of the time playing this way, but it opens up a TON more risk for big plays if not everyone is playing perfectly. Making issues worse has been some of our depth at critical spots in recent years, and the fact that the offense couldn't be counted on for even a first down some games.

If Fuente can get this offense going, I have no doubt it will bring out the best in Bud.

Really thought he'd end up with Shaka. Still going to be a what could have been I think. He's going to do great there

I don't follow Canuckyball very much, but from what I understand it should suit him well. The Canadian game values speed over size, probably due to the wider field. Given his lack of size and abundance of speed, I think he should fare well.

That's not the stereotype of Washington fans. Their stereotype is that they're extremely fair weathered. Look, every team has horrible fans, Philadelphia just has more of them. WVU has basically the same stereotype for game experience as an opposing fan as Philadelphia, is theirs unearned?

I'm not gonna lie, I'm actually surprised it wasn't already retired. You'd think that would have been done shortly after he retired, as he was truly that great a player for them.

Yeah, and if we go based on one off events, Washington fans are racist homophobes who don't hesitate to throw objects regardless of wins or losses.

Ain't stereotypes fun?

I love me some collapse thread action...

Blues headed to the Conference finals for the first time in 15 years. Feels good man. Real good. The 3 previous first round exits have allowed me to have zero postseason expectations. That way you can never be let down. I expect us to be swept in 4 in the WCF like the last time we were here after beating Dallas.

I see what you're seeing. I think this play is a run all the way and I don't think the TE is looking for a pass. I think he knows the run is to the right and after his initial responsibility is fulfilled he flows to the right to maybe pick up a block to help his RB get more yardage.

Thats a lot of crap though honestly. He had 7 points in 6 games during the series including 2 points in the game they were eliminated. Guess what his couterpart Crosby had? 0 points. The guy averages a point per game in 82 playoff games. He's got similar production to "winning" players like Kane. Ovechkin has never been, and never will be the problem for Washington. The guy does everything he can to win. If it were a team of Ovechkin's they'd be winning the cup every year.

I'm not even a Caps fan.