Originally posted by LambdaChi49:
Originally posted by billbird2111:
Originally posted by boast:
Originally posted by billbird2111:
Confirms we ran the WCO, but tells a reporter you're not going to see the Walsh WCO. Play calls, principals, terminology are similar he says.
yeah, Harb's WCO puts a lot more emphasis on the run than Bill's ever did.
The Walsh mentality however was "pass to set up the run." There was a lot of emphasis on the run in the early days of the Walsh WCO. Very rarely did Walsh have Montana strike deep downfield. It was a dink and dunk type offense. But it was the type of offense that would pick up three to four yards with every play, which is exactly what Walsh wanted. Those were long, clock-consuming drives.
The later versions with Rice, Taylor, Craig and other stars were like the souped-up sports car version of the WCO. The 1980-84 WCO was more like a Dodge Dart.
True.
Some stats from those years:
1979
Joe barely played.
1980 - Joe Montana
24 pass att/game average
163 yards/game average
15 TD, 9 INT
1981
Only 6 games with more than 225 pass yards.
Montana had a 19 TD - 12 INT and a 88.4 rating. This is about what we EXPECT from Alex this season.
1982
(9 games played)
17 TD
11 INT
290 yard/game average.
88 passer rating
1983 season is when Joe really broke out statistically.
94.6 rating, 26 TD, 12 INT, almost 4k yards, 65% passing, etc.
So basically...it took about 3 years for the offense to really get in gear.
I love me some Joe Montanyaw talk.
1979:
Joe was on the bench and steve deberg was starter. He broke the NFL record in completions and attempts that year. He led the NFC in passing yards with 3,652. Also completed 60% of his passes because of course, thats what happens in the WCO. He Threw a lot of picks though so Walsh wasn't liking that. Pretty good for his first year nonetheless. A lot of people thought he would of been the man there if not for Montana.
1980:
Montana didn't play in a full game in the season until week 5. Deberg did. Montana shared time with Deberg even after that. He was on and off starter until week 14 until he solidified it. Montana came on strong late in the season and averaged, PER START, 36 passing attempts per game. You can't factor in the games where he barely played into your stats. Go by his stars. Even when he and Deberg shared time they put up a lot of passes. In the games Montana started, he has 229 yards per game. That was the year for the biggest comeback in history against N.OAnd this was 1980 and the 49ers were a laughing stock.
1981
Montana threw for more then 200 yards 11 times and his completion percentage was good. He also threw for 3,500 yards. Not looking good this year either. 1981 is the year we had all those close games and Joe Cool the legend began.. And don't forget, that was the year of the catch and the super bowl win. Don't EXPECT that this year.
1982:
This was a strike shortened year and Montana only played in 9 games. Yet, he compiled 2,600 yards, 17 TD, and 11 int. He threw the ball about 40 times per game.
So basically it took three years to win a super bowl and Montana did it in his first full year as the starter. The legend was born!
[ Edited by Young2Rice on Sep 19, 2011 at 21:00:25 ]