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Can We Please Change the Definition to the SOFT Narrative

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December 2, 2024 at 2:48pm
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The narrative has always been we can’t run the football or we don’t push around guys. While that is true, it shouldn’t be the narrative. Ryan Day teams win in the perimeter with wide receivers. Take the Georgia game, we decide to pass the ball and do these elaborate passing concepts. We kept the game close and could have won. This is where we need to change. As a fanbase we have convinced Ryan Day he needs to be physical or out tough ttun. He got convinced he can’t use tempo or those elaborate passing concepts to win. He needed to beat ttun; ttun way. I remember on comment on a FOX broadcast about Jim Hairball. He decided to play the game on his terms; in the trenches. Ryan needs to do that, but with his passing attacks. Now does that mean he doesn’t need to recruit better in the trenches or abandon being physical in the trenches, no. He needs to play the game he wants to play, not the way ttun does. Though the “soft” narrative is partially true, it shouldn’t be the main narrative. Ryan has a defense now, he can be riskier in the way he plays offense again. My main point is Ryan should be Ryan. Not Ryan being Urban or Hairball and the soft narrative needs to change or stop being overused improperly. The soft narrative needs to be how physical the players play; not how Ryan calls plays or his scheme. The players need to be physical in the scheme, instead of changing the scheme to be physical.

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