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[QUOTE="PhillyCoach, post: 2457003, member: 6136"]
I really enjoy this blog.  Lots & lots of smart people.  I agree with Warbler13 that the players play, not the coaches.  That's why Geno is testing them at all times.  These big games are the perfect time to see how they will react.  Big game, big pressure, big test, learn about it early and repair for the playoffs.  Remember in the past when Lou got a 4th foul in a big game and she came over to Geno.  He looks at her and says, "you figure it out." He wants smart, hustling, conditioned players to solve the problem.  Geno puts the stress test on in every practice to prepare them for the battle.  Geno feels he did his part.  Why  doesn't Geno call time outs like many of us are screaming for?  IMHO he is testing the players.  Geno is old school.  He has his system.  Can he be rigid at times?  I think so.  Has he been rigid in those tough losses.  Maybe.
This blog is interesting to me because I can speculate--just like everybody else.  I say, "but what do I know"  because I am speculating like all the others.  I just look at the evidence and draw a conclusion.
Geno is always testing his players--that's a fact.   He then watches for desired outcomes so he can TRUST his players under the stress of all the really big games. 
Hey, in high school, I was the smartest one in the dumb class.
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