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Originally Posted by #56fanatic
Arch was a probowler in St Louis for a reason. He was a stud at run support, and playing cover 2. I am not making excuses for the guy, but GW brought him in here, showed him game film of what he would be doing, and GW didn't put him in those positions. Everyone knew he couldn't cover that well, but GW put him in coverage ONE ON ONE mind you!! that is the responsibility of the coach to know your players limitations. he didn't get burned in ST Louis because he was always over the top, not ONE ON ONE. I have a hard time believing the guy "forgot" or couldn't learn how to play football with us. I think, putting him in the right position, he could be a very good player. He is awesome at blitzing, and playing close like a LB. the whole damn league knew he couldn't cover one on one, but GW's ego thought he could make him a cover safety. Why do you think people went after him time after time! I think he didn't get a fair shake from the stand point of what they said he was going to be doing. I feel bad for the guy, he wasted a whole year of his career sitting on the bench being punt team capt. (it reaks of the whole LaVar thing. Teams, GMs, media, football experts didn't understand why GW wasn't playing LaVar or putting him in position to be the playmaker everyone knew he was. ) sorry for the LaVar sidenote.. but its a similar situation. Both players fell out of favor and basically got tossed aside. GW has to put his ego in check and learn to use his talent in the way it helps the team. to use a persons talent. Arch may not have been good for GW's system, I believe everyone knew that. I hope Arch does well in his new uni - I am sure he will.
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And what year was that he was a probowler???? Looked from 1999-2005 NO ARCH? Where did you get your info?
They brought ARCH in to play many different variations in the GW defense, I'm sure that was explained very well to him as all GW defensive schemes can be complex....you HAVE to be able to think, WHICH HE CAN NOT. Whether it's cover 1, or man on man. Doesn't matter, you HAVE TO be more than ONE dimensional in a GW defense, or any system in my opinion.
And they finally did find the right position for ARCH, ON THE BENCH WHERE HE BELONGED!
