Tom Coughlin: Critics Can Kiss My Ass
Tom Coughlin’s Giants finished the 2010 campaign with 10 wins, but missed the playoffs due to another late-season collapse. Coughlin was retained, anyway. Inside the NFL aired some footage last night from the Giants’ locker room after their season finale. Said the embattled Coughlin: “We have a 10-6 season. A 10-win season in the NFL. They can kiss my ass. They can line up and kiss my ass. It’s not an easy thing to do.” [Star Ledger]
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January 6th, 2011 at 10:02 AM
WE’RE THE FUCKING PRESEASON CHAMPS DAMNIT!
January 6th, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Your tone makes it sound like this is a bad decision. I hope I’m wrong, because you aren’t that dumb.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:04 AM
He’s right. Its not
TCU’sNYG’s fault that a 7 win team the Giants blew out 41-7 in Seattle is hosting a playoff game.January 6th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Easiest way to the playoffs is to win your division.
/Uconn’d
January 6th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Why couldn’t we have the video of Whitney Houston yelling “kiss my ass” to bobby brown with this post?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Good for him.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
We are three posts in and still no Michigan posts? Has the space-time continuum been disrupted?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Their season was over. He’s gotta say something to his guys after the game. Not a big deal, unless you think that this is some sign (maybe along with the public shaming of his punter) that he’s starting to crack under the NY media pressure. I don’t, though.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
lol. TBL just had to get a giants dig in.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Youre not wrong. He had the same tone when the Giants announced they were keeping him.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Stop saying 7 while he’s shooting.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
I think that guy is back in the closet apparently.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
If they had taken care of bitness against the Eagles, they could have said we have 11 wins and are in the playoffs, they can kiss my ass.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Also, 6 in a row.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Kiss my ass, kiss his ass, kiss your ass.
/Griswold’d
January 6th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Hmm. Is the 3rd post something only VIP’s can see?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
That was awesome. Good for him. Not his fault Eli throws picks every game.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
I don’t think they should’ve fired him, but Cowher’s been waiting for that job to open up forever, and he’s pretty much theirs if they want him.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
what did the player say to him right after he said that? they all laughed, but I can’t pick up what he said.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
I think TBL takes a shot at the Giants whenever he can because he lets Mike Francesa drive him to anger.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:10 AM
I would have taken a 10 win season for my 49ers.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Ha! I was wondering where that post went.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:11 AM
“Can we quote you on that, coach?”
January 6th, 2011 at 10:11 AM
You need to get on your tippy toes. Here let me help.
/cups hands together to give CJ a boost
j/k, there is a one liner, right below here.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Hmm. Is the 3rd post something only VIP’s can see?
One-liner about a Boston sports writer coming out of the closet. I imagine we see it later today.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Don’t ask, don’t tell
January 6th, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Coughlin is a flawed head coach (which ones aren’t) but I certainly don’t think he should have been fired. They need to hire someone, offensively, to figure out why Eli Manning has regressed (if he was ever that good to begin with). I’m not a huge fan of the Perry Fewell as a D-coordinator, but the Giants’ defensive rankings are good, so it’s hard to really kill him. With their defensive talent, it just feels like their D should have been better than it was.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:13 AM
As always, SG knows what’s up
January 6th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Yeah I can see that having a lot to do with it. He’s one of those Jets fans who say “the Jets have won 2 playoff games the last 2 years and the Giants have won zero! lolz!”, ignoring what happened 3 years ago.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
You World Junior hockey fans might get a kick out of this
January 6th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Link?
/yesterday’d
January 6th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Link is busted JPQ.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Good for Coughlin!
/defiance is sooo sexy
January 6th, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Eli hasn’t regressed. He’s a good quarterback that needs to work on keeping the ball down over the middle and also had some bad luck this year.
I’d be a bit worried about this habit of late season collapses as well, but the Giants have seemed to have worse injury luck over the last few years than other teams. That isn’t always “luck”, obviously. They probably ought to get a running back that can hold the football as well.
Also, your gravatar is fucking awesome.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Haha there were some tweets that said almost exactly that the other day.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
/repealed
January 6th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Link is busted JPQ.
sorry
January 6th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
All I got today, fellas. Work will be getting in the way of commenting but I know cute animals are always appreciated.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:17 AM
I’ll tell you exactly what the issue is. He has a new group of receivers just about every week. That’s difficult for just about anybody when you throw the ball as much as they do. There is hardly any consistent rhythm from week to week. He still makes most of the mistakes that lead to those INTs, but I think if he had a consistent corps of receivers from week to week, he would cut down on the interceptions, drastically.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Little Brother Syndrome
January 6th, 2011 at 10:19 AM
You World Junior hockey fans might get a kick out of this
Thanks JPQ, good for them, first time they’ve won gold since 2003. Not sure why they care so much, according to Fetch only Canadians care about the tournament.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
There was one Sunday where the Giants #2 receiver wasn’t a professional football player 10 days earlier. Yeah.
Can’t believe I’m defending Eli and the Giants, but the truth is the truth.
/watches DeSean’s punt return again
January 6th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Thanks JPQ, good for them, first time they’ve won gold since 2003. Not sure why they care so much, according to Fetch only Canadians care about the tournament.
Geeezeus: they sent the entire team back to a Days Inn to sober up & come back later today/tomorrow-lol
January 6th, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Huge. I definitely have it. I love when the Giants are down. But still, I won’t besmirch them to make any stupid football moves. I like the talent on that team a lot.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
I liked Peter King calling Eli’s 24 picks “unacceptable” a page after praising Drew Brees yet again…nevermind that Brees threw 22 this year and at least one in each of the last 12 games, Brees is his new Favre
January 6th, 2011 at 10:22 AM
He’s good enough to win with, but he’s certainly not good enough to carry an average team. Outside of January 2008, name me a really big, important win where he was huge.
Besides, little brothers are losers (/big brother’d).
January 6th, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Geez
Do you know who made the All World Junior Team? Did the Iron Hook make it?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:24 AM
So the Texans hired Wade Phillips to be defensive coordinator. Not sure how I feel about that.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:26 AM
I’m going to keep yelling this until someone hears me. He had a bunch of 1st or second year wide receivers last year and put up his best statistical season of his career. But no one cares, because they went 8-8.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Certainly an upgrade, but they still aren’t making the playoffs with Kubiak behind the wheel. they’ll be somewhere around 8-8 just like every other season.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Vlad:
MVP & Top Forward: Schenn
Top Defenseman: Ellis
Goalie: Jack Campbell
All-Star: Schenn, Johansen, Kuznetsov, Ellis, Orlov, Campbell
January 6th, 2011 at 10:27 AM
You should feel great. Wade Phillips is an excellent DC when that is all he has to worry about.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Yep as of now you should be thrilled to have him as a DC. Now when they fire Kubiak next year and announce Wade as the new HC….thats when you should worry.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:30 AM
All of that.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:30 AM
I think TBL takes a shot at the Giants whenever he can because he lets Mike Francesa drive him to anger.
Here’s the thing with Francesa. I have not heard him say that the Jets are a bad football team, or they suck, or anything else of the ilk. He has criticized Rex Ryan for saying stupid braggadocio shit and not being able to back it up. He’s even said that he’s not going to be a cheerleader for the Jets (see ESPN, 1050 AM). For that, Tannenbaum has banned his players from appearing on FAN.
/radio nerd’d
January 6th, 2011 at 10:30 AM
tannenbaum should be banned from NFL front offices.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Thanks Geez
The Wings should of picked Kuznetsov over Sheahan at the draft. Sheahan better not take 5-6 years to make it to the NHL.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Yep, just died from cuteness
January 6th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
The Wings should of picked Kuznetsov over Sheahan at the draft. Sheahan better not take 5-6 years to make it to the NHL.
Apologies to Spencer for hockey talk in a football post.
Have to believe the Wings (as most teams are these days) are hesitant to take Russians high in the draft due to the lack of a transfer agreement between the NHL and the KHL. No one wants to draft the next Radulov and be left holding the bag.
At least the Wings have the luxury to be able to allow prospects like Sheahan the necessary time it takes to allow them to develop.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
For serious? WEEI laughs at this.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Yep as of now you should be thrilled to have him as a DC. Now when they fire Kubiak next year and announce Wade as the new HC….thats when you should worry.
A local Houston radio guy pointed out that we don’t really have the personnel for a 3-4, but it doesn’t really matter as we don’t have the personnel for a 4-3 either.
/ba-zing.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Official radio for the NYJ. And the guys that do cover them on the radio are very critical. Michael Kay and his guys had him dancing on some questions just this week.
You’re right about Francesca, lately. But he’s a Giants guy. He does Giants shows on tv, which is ok. Like a lot of Giants people, he treats the Jets with less vigor than the Giants.
I dislike Francesca because he seriously thinks and wants you to know that he knows more than you about football.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:35 AM
geez…at least spell hocky right.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:36 AM
And if the Texans fired Kubiak only to hire Phillips, I’m pretty sure Texansfan would chug a bottle of rubbing alcohol and just say ‘fuck it’.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:37 AM
I’m cool with this as long as I get to replace him as GM.
/trades entire 2011 draft for Number 1 pick.
//Takes Carimi
///Lights cigar
January 6th, 2011 at 10:37 AM
I liked Peter King calling Eli’s 24 picks “unacceptable” a page after praising Drew Brees yet again…nevermind that Brees threw 22 this year and at least one in each of the last 12 games, Brees is his new Favre
Kill me now. THIS must be how the Madden Curse impacted Brees this season. I fear Brees becoming the new Favre just as much as I fear a debilitating injury. And of course because I’m a homer, here’s the requisite defense of Breesus: I know at least four or five of those picks were not his fault. That said…KNOCK OFF THE FUCKING SHOVEL PASSES!!!
January 6th, 2011 at 10:37 AM
these defensive terms are becoming more and more obsolete every year. it seems almost every team in the NFL uses some types of multiple fronts.
for example, the browns might have been a “3-4 defense” by definition, but they were only in that base 3-4 for like 30% of the snaps*. they were in 2 down fronts just as often as 3 and 4 down fronts.
*no data to back this up…just an observation
January 6th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Inside NFL has a great discussion lead by Whitlock discussing the value of players scouted based on if the play came from a broken home or not.
It was later dragged down to the depths with Phil Simms saying that Favre was “the best thrower” in NFL history. Then it got retarded when Whitlock said Jeff George was.
/yikes
January 6th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Brees has really hit the saturation point for me. I stopped playing Madden 11 because of him.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
But he’s just a kid having fun out there!
/pre-orders Brees Carolina Panthers jersey for 2020
January 6th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Official radio for the NYJ. And the guys that do cover them on the radio are very critical. Michael Kay and his guys had him dancing on some questions just this week.
Agreed. Snachize did a tap dance about his injury on Michael Kay that Gregory Hines would have been proud of.
You’re right about Francesca, lately. But he’s a Giants guy. He does Giants shows on tv, which is ok. Like a lot of Giants people, he treats the Jets with less vigor than the Giants.
Yeah I’m a Mets fan, so I know how that feels.
I dislike Francesca because he seriously thinks and wants you to know that he knows more than you about football.
I know that, but he DOES know more about football and pretty much any other sport. He admits freely when he doesn’t know something. I like his honesty, but his approach to his listeners is pretty dicky though.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
lol. please tell me that is on youtube.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Francesa’s bluster is kind of funny, because no one can possibly believe their own bullshit to the extent that he seems to believe it. Francesa kissed Parcells ass so often when he was in NY/NJ, you would have thought that there were 3 more ratings points there.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
jeff george did have one helluva arm tho…
when it comes to throwing the ball, my all time favorite was warren moon. that dude could fucking sling it and he threw the prettiest spiral.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Did it end with a James Brown and Warren Sapp’s heads going scanners?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Shove a golf club up your shitter, Zeus.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
They’re becoming as obsolete as position names are on offense (outside of OL and QB).
January 6th, 2011 at 10:43 AM
And the factorback.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:43 AM
+1
January 6th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
That sure would make him a lightning rod.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
I do enjoy though that the Texans had quite obviously the worst secondary in the league, but are sure to announce a “big shakeup” in the front 7.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
That said…KNOCK OFF THE FUCKING SHOVEL PASSES!!!
But he’s just a kid having fun out there!
/pre-orders Brees Carolina Panthers jersey for 2020
Gaaaah!! (jabs spork into eyes)
January 6th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Shove a golf club up your shitter, Zeus.
Can you take a look in your copy of Gray’s Sport Almanac and figure out who is going to win the Stanley Cup next year so we know which team you are going to cheer for?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:46 AM
these defensive terms are becoming more and more obsolete every year. it seems almost every team in the NFL uses some types of multiple fronts.
for example, the browns might have been a “3-4 defense” by definition, but they were only in that base 3-4 for like 30% of the snaps*. they were in 2 down fronts just as often as 3 and 4 down fronts.
*no data to back this up…just an observation
There’s definitely a lot of truth to that, but the 4-3 and 3-4 are still very different defenses that require different types of personnel. I don’t think we have enough good LBs to run a true 3-4. The ESPN blog post I read stated that some sort of hybrid, transitional scheme in the first year (which implies that Wade might be around for awhile).
January 6th, 2011 at 10:46 AM
dowel rod > rod flanders > golf club up bunghole lightning rod > rich rod
January 6th, 2011 at 10:47 AM
The old man with a cane who gave me the book told me someday a wild-eyed old Oilers fan would come asking about it some day.
/pulls out revolver
January 6th, 2011 at 10:47 AM
I do enjoy though that the Texans had quite obviously the worst secondary in the league, but are sure to announce a “big shakeup” in the front 7.
I think Jackson and Quin will be in therapy for awhile after this season.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
You forgot
Inanimate Rod > dowel rod > rod flanders > golf club up bunghole lightning rod > rich rod
January 6th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Spence, how’s it now? GHIN? Who are you seeing?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
The old man with a cane who gave me the book told me someday a wild-eyed old Oilers fan would come asking about it some day.
/pulls out revolver
+ 1 hover board
January 6th, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Wade wasn’t even running a 3-4 in Dallas there toward the end. That thing evolved into some kind of unholy 5-2 monster.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
The names Zeus!
January 6th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Huh?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Did anyone see this pic?
I didn’t know Strasburg was amish.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Huh?
Wings –> Hawks –> ???
January 6th, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Huh?
Sportsgal, surely you were alive and kickin as a teen (or pre-teen) in the 80s. If so, you should be able to recognize the cinematic masterpiece they are referring to.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
there’s more of a difference in the secondary when it comes to personnel…a good CB in a zone based coverage scheme might be absolutely terrible if asked to switch to off-man coverage.
but demarcus ware and cameron wake would be just as devastating if they rushed with their hand on the ground or are moving around. there are more and more guys like that coming up in the draft than there are traditional 4-3 DE’s and DC’s are just adjusting to what they’re being given.
i don’t think there’s too much of a difference between the two schemes anymore. football players these days are told from the minute they step on a college campus that the more they can do the more attractive they’ll be to NFL teams and you’re seeing that variety almost everywhere.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Wade wasn’t even running a 3-4 in Dallas there toward the end. That thing evolved into some kind of unholy 5-2 monster.
Go on….
/crackerjack.
//reaching.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Once Biff started his winning streak did he have to wager through other people because once it became known that he had action on a game you’d think it would have moved the lines…and at some point he would probably have been subjected to a game-fixing investigation
January 6th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Love it.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
when it comes to throwing the ball, my all time favorite was warren moon. that dude could fucking sling it and he threw the prettiest spiral.
Moon threw the most beautiful bounce passes off RB’s pads for INT’s I’ve ever seen. Reminds me of Mallett the other night
January 6th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
No I knew what he was referencing from Back to the Future, I just didn’t understand why he was being a dick to me.
I guess I should like the Penguins more shouldn’t I?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
http://www.adtechus.com/Home/
Nice popup, TBL. Even the popups don’t work right on this shitass server.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
There’s definitely a lot of truth to that, but the 4-3 and 3-4 are still very different defenses that require different types of personnel. I don’t think we have enough good LBs to run a true 3-4. The ESPN blog post I read stated that some sort of hybrid, transitional scheme in the first year (which implies that Wade might be around for awhile).
See this is what has the hamster in my brain working overtime. If the secondary can bring out nickel and dime packages during a game, why do defenses as a whole have to have a 3-4 or 4-3 label? Shouldn’t coaches and ‘D’ coordinators looks for players who can adjust based on the the opposition’s offensive personnel. That is, if they have more of a running game, set up a base 4-3 for run stuffing, and if there’s more of a passing attack, setup a 3-4 with LBs dropping into zone coverage. Is there such a dearth of a hybrid player who can play in both those schemes?
January 6th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
Don’t click on that. I purposely tried to make sure it didn’t enter as a hyperlink. I’m as shitty as the server.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
Moon threw the most beautiful bounce passes off RB’s pads for INT’s I’ve ever seen.
Don Beebe was out of bounds!!11!1
January 6th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
craig…my swing feels a thousand times better than it did at the end of the year when i was playing the best golf ive ever played. i think my swing is pretty good and consistent now.
im around 10 but don’t have an official USGA handicap (will be starting at the beginning of the season). i have talent, i just need consistency and have to avoid those stupid ass mistakes i make around the green (i can knock it close with regularity, but too often flub chips or swish a flop 5 feet in front of me) and clean up the scorecard.
i have a buddy who plays golf at the U of rochester and when he gets back in town for spring break, he’s going to introduce me to his swing and putting coaches around here. haven’t started instruction yet.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Fuck Shitsburgh. Start rooting for the Canucks.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
No I knew what he was referencing from Back to the Future, I just didn’t understand why he was being a dick to me.
Just making a joke SG, I thought it was a witty response to taking a golf club up the rectum. Apparently not.
I guess I should like the Penguins more shouldn’t I?
Nobody wants more of those.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
i don’t think there’s too much of a difference between the two schemes anymore.
then why was Cameron Wake invisible in 2009 under Pasqualoni, and Pro Bowler this year under Mike Nolan?
/I’ll hang up & listen
January 6th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
I’ll allow it!
January 6th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
yea, but we were just talking about throwing the ball. as a QB, i was indifferent to moon.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Is there such a dearth of a hybrid player who can play in both those schemes?
According to spencer–and I think he’s right–not really. I think we use the labels we use: dime, nickel, 4-3, 3-4 because they still work to an extent and we have not come up with fancy new ones. But over the course of most games, teams will feature some aspect of almost all of these defenses when facing a typical NFL offense.
January 6th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Moon threw the most beautiful bounce passes off RB’s pads for INT’s I’ve ever seen.
Don Beebe was out of bounds!!11!1
41-38
January 6th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
because mike nolan is a really, REALLY good DC.
/who ran multiple fronts with denver, SF and balt
January 6th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
41-38
I hate you.
By the way, I was just reminded by my page a day calendar that the anniversary of that game just came up again on January 3. Reading that the other morning put me in a shitty mood for hours.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
She was talking to Spencer who revealed that his name was nearly Zeus Dick thanks to hippie parents
January 6th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
first off, there are plenty of hybrid players coming out of college, they just need seasoning. james harrison took awhile, woodley took a little time, timmons took like four years it seems but then, when they get it, BOOM. i guarantee thad gibson tears it up too when he finally gets PT (probably will take over for harrison when harrison gets too old).
other examples…tamba hali, elvis dumervil, matt roth. examples in this year’s draft…quinn from NC, von miller from ATM and akeem ayers from UCLA.
the problem is, you don’t want to be transparent with your defense because QB’s are so smart pre-snap these days. mix it up. move guys around. these hybrids are very valuable.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:04 AM
By the way, I was just reminded by my page a day calendar that the anniversary of that game just came up again on January 3. Reading that the other morning put me in a shitty mood for hours.
someone tweeted that the other day. 18 years I think they said?
spencer: so it’s a decided schematic advantage?
January 6th, 2011 at 11:04 AM
She was talking to Spencer who revealed that his name was nearly Zeus Dick thanks to hippie parents
Ahhh, well then, my apologies SG.
/terrible night last night
//5-3 Russia
January 6th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
yep. nolan might be my favorite DC in the NFL behind lebeau.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Yeah but i was saying that to Spence because he constantly rags on hockey because he’s a little bitch.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:08 AM
someone tweeted that the other day. 18 years I think they said?
Indeed it was. I was 9 and that was the first time I can remember having my heart torn out by one of my favorite teams.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
i rag on hocky because you rag on big ten football. it’s a vicious circle.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:12 AM
The short game stuff can be cleaned up pretty quickly. It’s all mechanics inside 15 yards, especially putting. There is only 1 way to do it, basically. Take some “Course management” lessons, too. Easiest way to clean up the card. The drop from 10 to 3 is easy if you have any hand-eye coordination at all. It’s the next 5 strokes to get to scratch that suck.
January 6th, 2011 at 11:19 AM
yea…that’s what everyone says. but that’s true for any walk of life…if you want to do something truly great, you have to put in those hours and deal with the diminishing returns.
what would be your advice for shit i should be working on? think i should join a local league even while my game is a work in progress?
January 6th, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Fuck leagues. Too many cheaters. You belong anywhere?
As for what to work on—scoring is done 2 places. Off the tee, and inside 130 yards. By off the tee, I don’t mean blast driver as far as you can, but you know that.
1. Find a repeatable shot shape that you can fall back on under pressure. Doesn’t matter what it is, can be either way, but you have to be able to do it on command, all the time. Think of it as the KJ Choi decision. All fades, all the time. If the pin is on the left side of the green, well, too bad. Start it at the pin, and fade it to the middle. Don’t lose shots off the tee–you can’t get those back.
2. The 9 to 3, 10:30 to 1:30 and 12 to 12 drill with all of your wedges. How far do you hit them? Know those numbers BY HEART. Learn them, love them. If the 9-3 swing with a 52* goes 45 yards, how long a swing with a 58* to go the EXACT SAME DISTANCE? Have stock yardages to fall back on under pressure. I can tell you with in 10 yards I’m going to hit every wedge in the bag. If the middle is 95 yards, I have 4 different options, depending on lie and wind.
3. Get in the gym. Do it. Start today.
4. Putting. This one is easy. Get a camera. Make sure your forearms and the shaft are lined up perfectly, and your eyes are somewhere in the 1″ inside to over the ball range. Shaft goes in the valley between the meat on your thumb and the outside of your hand. Not in your fingers. Never in your fingers. Can’t screw it up from there.
As for practice–short irons (8 and down) and drivers. You aren’t going to hit 20% of the greens with a 5 or 6 iron, don’t worry about the long stuff. Hit a few to loosen up the oil, but don’t waste time on it. Play the course–not the score. The best thing a teacher ever told me–”It’s the process, not the result.”
January 6th, 2011 at 12:51 PM
nope, don’t belong anywhere unfortunately.
i really need to work on the wedge game. fortunately, we have an indoor range here that’s perfect for it. im pretty familiar with the clock concept you mentioned in 2.
this is useful. ive been practicing my full swing with mid irons almost exclusively.
as for the putting thing, i use utley’s grip. grip on the lifeline of your left hand, trigger overlap the right.
thanks man…im sure i’ll probably pester the shit out of you some more once i work on the wedges some.