“While Thresh stumbled a bit in the beginning with a few ill-advised plays, towards the end he got up to speed and it boiled down to a whole lot of bad luck.

The whole game was played in the rain, making for a number of turns cut short by turnovers. The entire first half was scoreless. The DEs received, I got some ballcarriers in the backfield, popped the ball loose into the crowd and, ironically, gave them some momentum. They came close towards the end... any of the last 3 turns could have easily ended with a TD for Thresh, but that was one slippery ball and the half ended scoreless.

The second half I received and scored in two. Not to blow my own horn (since it was largely luck) but I had a nice screen along the bottom, which may make for a good example for some who are interested. I kicked off and managed to sneak some players into the backfield to take down the thrower and that lead to the second score. The third score was really just capitalizing on some turnovers caused by the rain which would have happened to anyone. He had decent coverage but just couldn't pick up the ball.

On the whole, you need to work a bit on two things, I think. Setups - both offensive and defensive - kept ending up with the same exact symmetrical setup. While I appreciate a nice symmetrical field as much as the next guy, I think you'll find that offense especially benefits from stacking one particular side - top or bottom, wherever you see a weakness. No players had any skills and I stuck to a slightly modified 3-4-4 defense the whole game (actually 3-4-3-1, leaving my ST2 catcher behind slightly) so you could have just randomly picked whether to go along the top or bottom. Getting a number of guys on one side or the other allows you to get some more players into my side of the field and keep your offense rolling forward towards the score. You always have to keep that in mind.

The second thing is a bit tougher. A lot of turns looked as though you just needed a game plan. It doesn't have to be elaborate or anything. Simply looking at the field (as I'm ending my turn) and saying, "I want to get my ballcarrier up to this point and I want to get these guys around him to cover him. To do so, I need to blitz this guy and I can use those two linemen for an assist and the blitz."

It's tough to do, but once you can take a moment and figure out how you want your turn to end up, you'll be a lot better off.

Thanks again for the match. I'll look forward to the next one.”