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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1027484" data-attributes="member: 18006">That was something Holmgren excelled at. He came in with a Plan A, and a broad, loosely structured Plan B. He'd throw his Plan A out there for the first series, and watch how the other team adapted to it. You could just see it happening - the first 10 or 15 plays, it was like, "OK, let's see how you respond to this." The other team would adapt, and Holmgren would exploit the adaptations throughout the first half.By the end of the half, he'd have a good grasp of what the other team was going to try to do, and he'd make his halftime adjustments. It was the 2nd half where he'd win the game. Yu\ou just knew that when Green Bay got its first possession in the 3rd, that's when the game was realy starting. That was when he did what he came there to do.McCarthy was never capable of that. His game plan seemed to be "just score a ton of points and hope they don't score more." When what he was doing didn't work, he'd just stand there with that dumb look on his face, like "Huh. I'll be damned. I never expected them to do that!" The entire game, just like we saw in the wild card game.When I was a kid, my parents had a miniature schnauzer (for some reason), and while he was a nice enough dog, he was dumb as a rock. We had an above-ground pool, and my dad and I built a deck all the way around it, about 3 feet off the ground - too high for the dog to jump. The only way up was the stairs. But that damned fool dog never figured that out. When we were up on the deck, he'd try to get up there with us, and the only thing he could come up with was to jump up and down and bark like a maniac. 15, 20 times, he'd just jump as high as he could (which was maybe halfway up at best) and bark constantly. Then he'd stop, sit down, and look confused as hell.Like, "Damn, that didn't work... I wonder what I should do next.... I know! I'll jump up and down and bark like an idiot!"  Which he would then do, until he was exhausted again. THen he'd sit there, and think it over... "Huh. I was sure that would work... hmmm... now what? Wait! How about I just jump up an ddown and bark my head off!!" And off he'd go, until he was exhausted again.Then he'd sit there again, looking confused.... "I can't believe it still isn't working. Maybe I'm not barking loud enough."And on and on, untl one of us would get up, go down the stairs, scoop him up, and carry him up on the deck. I can't begin to tell you how many times I watched McCarthy standing on the sidelines in a playoff game with the exact same look on his face as that dog had. Just, "Damn! I can't beieve this isn't working. I'll just keep doing it until it does."</blockquote>

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