Originally posted by GolittaCamper:Philosophically I agree with you but there is a time when players are to blame. The Walker fumble is a good example. He has been here four years and knows full well that he must tuck the ball high and tight. He held it too low and it was an easy strip.
Luck is made in football by good solid coaching of fundamentals, Walkers fumble not luck poor coaching, Adams muff when he should have been nowhere near that punt, bad coaching, pass tipped by defensive lineman, poor coaching, proper O-line technique can limit this. and on and on and on, Smith's tipped pass to Frank, repetition in practice would help Alex put that ball right on Frank.
I tend to always look at coaching first, The Saints lead the league in striped balls and take aways, why, coaching, their coaches stress it, Bill Walsh teams rarely fumbled or dropped passes why? it was a major point of emphasis!
So when will the breaks go our way? when our coaches demand perfection!
Also the tip by Dunbar is another example of a player who made the right play but the defense played better on that specific play. That is on the players, not the coaches.
Don't paint with a brush that is too wide.