“Coaching is adapting to what your players can do, not what you can think of,” Phillips said earlier in the week. "Are you too rigid that you can only play one scheme one way? I've just never coached that way."
Nearly every chat with a Denver defensive player in Santa Clara this past week felt like an indictment of Ryan’s scheme. Players gushed over Phillips, repeatedly, because he kept it simple. Straightforward. Let them all attack with a clear mind. Took their advice.
“He lets guys loose to where you don’t have to study as much what you have to do,” DeMarcus Ware said. “You see the tendencies of other teams… you get instinctive-type players and that’s why he’s always been a really good coach.”
“He lets guys loose to where you don’t have to study as much what you have to do,” DeMarcus Ware said. “You see the tendencies of other teams… you get instinctive-type players and that’s why he’s always been a really good coach.”
Maybe it will be better after we rebuild what we didn't have to.
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