In reply to: “Other changes approved include a package.... posted by guilfordnd
it was clearly a malicious block with the intent to injure. I love your smart arse comments...a lot. But I've got to think that you'd be really embarrassed if you were the coach and that was one of your players or even worse that was your son who did that and it was caught on national tv.
I thought I was referring to Navy's use of the cut block (which is still legal, by the way).
Is there a particular play or player that you're referring to?
Yes, I do think that cheap shots happen in football games. I also don't think cut blocking is a cheap shot, in and of itself. I also think that a fundamentally sound defensive team can defeat cut blocks relatively easily.
that type of block has been illegal pretty much forever.
Exaggerated example. No shit that play is illegal. It’s called sarcasm.
with that play?
Declare that it is now "SUPER illegal" and access another penalty?
Cut blocking is not some unfair advantage or anything silly like that.
Having to spend a day with you.
I tend to not get along well with whiners.
it was the Blaton hit...I don't think any football guy could condone it (except for Jeff City's coach who would pull shit like that in high school...hoping for a response so the responder would get kicked out of the game)
and yeah, that's still illegal.
I'm not in favor of making that a legal block. I would say that for the most part when the fanboys whine about playing Navy (it's their Super Bowl, we can't play them over midterms, we can't play them after or before a tough game, their style is so hard to prepare for, the veer!, cut blocks) they're not referring to clips like the one posted (which is an obvious foul) but rather the OL firing off at our DL's knees/ankles to try and cut block (which is legal).
The only issue I have with cut blocks is when it comes from the side, at least a whole man over (not from a shade). That should be illegal and is very dangerous, IMO.
The contact is not from behind.
makes that play okay in their coaches minds. Like I said, I'd be embarrassed if that was a player of mine or my son.
I think that is and pretty much has been for years a dirty block. I would imagine that they would acknowledge that. I honestly don't recall too many of those types of illegal blocks over the years. I might be mistaken. If we find that they do that shit all the time and they haven't been disciplined and we keep them on the schedule, truthfully that's on us.
Now, do they fire off and cut in the clipping zone (legal)? Yes. Does your defense need to be ready for that? Absolutely. Should a fundamentally sound defense stop that type of block with relative ease? Yes.