Warrior General Games

Originally posted by dsl20
GG Nexill and all of the Mustangs. You guys are really tough, this one just happened to go our way. I guess you'll have to console yourself with a tourny gold. I could think of a lot worse things.

great job today, congratulations and good luck in champions league! we knew this would be a tough one

Originally posted by Brewnoe
GG Sno. G still struggling bad with health issues and I haven't screwed with AIs in 60+ seasons, so no surprises really - run the same shit, get similar results.

GG MM, very sad to hear about health issues, but my thoughts will be with you guys!

Congrats ZZ. I know you and Mauler had a dream team in Atlantis just on verge of qualifying for WL right before crash.

Originally posted by WiSeIVIaN
GG MM, very sad to hear about health issues, but my thoughts will be with you guys!

Originally posted by WiSeIVIaN
GG MM, very sad to hear about health issues, but my thoughts will be with you guys!

Gambler is a fighter and a winner...Our thoughts go out to him .

Gambler is a treasure. Get well my friend, prayers for a full recovery

Originally posted by PLAYMAKERS
Congrats ZZ. I know you and Mauler had a dream team in Atlantis just on verge of qualifying for WL right before crash.

Indeed...tbh my d-cing wasn't quite up to scratch..Going to be tough but CL will continue the learning process. BTW very impressed by Nex's zone defense as it looks the way to go to counter the more pass oriented teams

Originally posted by zz man
Indeed...tbh my d-cing wasn't quite up to scratch..Going to be tough but CL will continue the learning process. BTW very impressed by Nex's zone defense as it looks the way to go to counter the more pass oriented teams

Thanks! I'm super happy with this iteration of the zone defense. I'm happy to share thoughts and strategies around it. It's a small competitive advantage right now, but it's way better for the game if people have more options in the long run. Plus, I firmly believe that one of the reasons it is successful is because it is still relatively new and rare, and as the taltented OCs of the league see it more and have more time to learn and adjust, more holes will start appearing. I already know of a number of them, but I'll not mention that for now.


The high level summary version is that I *think* it requires a pretty specific, team-wide build philosophy in order to work, where all of the defensive backfield (cov LBs included) have to have a combination of intercept and knock-loose, because just having one or another doesn't have enough "chances" (i.e. you need a chance to disrupt a play with an intercept before the ball gets to teh receiver, and a chance with KL after the ball gets to the receiver). And then it has to have zone focus, ball hawk, and super vision in order to get people to swarm to the ball. Oh and jackhammer to augment KL. So it's a really demanding build where you have to go a little lower in speed, agility, and vision than you would normally be comfortable with, which means that it is very hard to then turn aroudn and make those same players play in man coverage.

Maybe there's a way to somehow combine zone and man in the same base defense (and I do it at times out of necessity), but if so, that's for someone with a larger brain and more time than myself.

Originally posted by nexill
Thanks! I'm super happy with this iteration of the zone defense. I'm happy to share thoughts and strategies around it. It's a small competitive advantage right now, but it's way better for the game if people have more options in the long run. Plus, I firmly believe that one of the reasons it is successful is because it is still relatively new and rare, and as the taltented OCs of the league see it more and have more time to learn and adjust, more holes will start appearing. I already know of a number of them, but I'll not mention that for now.


The high level summary version is that I *think* it requires a pretty specific, team-wide build philosophy in order to work, where all of the defensive backfield (cov LBs included) have to have a combination of intercept and knock-loose, because just having one or another doesn't have enough "chances" (i.e. you need a chance to disrupt a play with an intercept before the ball gets to teh receiver, and a chance with KL after the ball gets to the receiver). And then it has to have zone focus, ball hawk, and super vision in order to get people to swarm to the ball. Oh and jackhammer to augment KL. So it's a really demanding build where you have to go a little lower in speed, agility, and vision than you would normally be comfortable with, which means that it is very hard to then turn aroudn and make those same players play in man coverage.

Maybe there's a way to somehow combine zone and man in the same base defense (and I do it at times out of necessity), but if so, that's for someone with a larger brain and more time than myself.


Agreed...I'm building a couple of those zone CBS and have to say an interesting blend of skills ...I think the balance of arches is the key. As you say the OCs will work and find holes but that applies in other schemes as well. But also as you say TIME is the key !!

GG Stoners. You beat us by more than the score shows. Good luck moving forward.

GG Roadfrogs, that was a grinder

GG Mustangs. As always a tough game and fun to watch.

Originally posted by AlBarsch
GG Roadfrogs, that was a grinder

not so much. had a oai with tons of errors

GG ASW. You guys gave us fits during the regular season.

GG Cherokee. One of the crazier things I've seen that we only lost by 2 despite throwing 5 INT's and having 9 minutes time of possession.

GG JJ ...Always a good matchup and that was a pretty close one GL moving forward and see you next season