http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/2008/01/the-quarterback.html
Even before Bill Parcells joined the Dolphins front office John Beck admits he was stuck on every word Parcells had to say during one of last year's informative ESPN segments.
According to Beck, Parcells' 11 Quarterback Commandments were so good he wrote them down.
Quarterback commandments:
1. Ignore other opinions – Press or TV, agents or advisors, family or wives, friends or relatives, fans or hangers on - ignore them on matters of football, they don’t know what’s happening here.
2. Clowns can’t run a huddle – don’t forget to have fun but don’t be the class clown. Clowns and leaders don’t mix. Clowns can’t run a huddle.
3. Fat QBs can’t avoid the rush – A quarterback throws with his legs more than his arm. Squat and run.
4. Know your job cold – this is not a game without errors. Keep yours to a minimum. Study.
5. Know your own players – Who’s fast? Who can catch? Who needs encouragement? Be precise. Know your opponent.
6. Be the same guy every day – in condition. Preparing to lead. Studying your plan. A coach can’t prepare you for every eventuality. Prepare yourself and remember, impulse decisions usually equal mistakes.
7. Throwing the ball away is a good play – sacks, interceptions and fumbles are bad plays. Protect against those.
8. Learn to manage the game – personnel, play call, motions, ball handling, proper reads, accurate throws, play fakes. Clock. Clock. Clock. Don’t you ever lose track of the clock.
9. Get your team in the end zone – passing stats and TD passes are not how you’re going to be judged. Your job is to get your team in the end zone and that is how you will be judged.
10. Don’t panic – when all around you is in chaos, you must be the hand that steers the ship. If you have a panic button so will everyone else. Our ship can’t have a panic button.
11. Don’t be a celebrity QB – we don’t need any of those. We need battlefield commanders that are willing to fight it out, every day, every week and every season and lead their team to win after win after win.
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#7 has been violated repeatedly...
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It's kind of hard to prevent sacks and fumbles when the defensive players are hitting you at the same time that you get the ball! The interceptions will reduce drastically when he gets more experience and better protection. 1.5 seconds is not enough time to throw a safe pass for any QB. Not even Brady or Manning could do any better on this team, right now!
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Parcells is a guy who wants no excuses. Don't get sacked but overall, don't fumble. Don't care how you do it, just do it and don't whine. That's the way Parcells wants it. Everything's on the QB and no excuses.
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Not even Parcells is that hardheaded! If anyone can understand what is going on, he should be the one. Plus, he's also intelligent enough to get personnnel in here that would give his QB better protection so he's not getting hammered at the same time he gets the ball.
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How refreshing....under Cam it was "The clock is irrelevant"..:thumbup:
Part of Beck's troubles IMO, was Cam limited him, Beck's head was on a million different things instead of only making the play that was called, that IMO, was part of the reason for the fumbles. -
Point being? Parcell's is correct in doing that, in making sure that thought is impressed on the Qb, no excuses, the Qb should be the most prepared player on the team, he handles the ball every play, it is all on him.
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Point being that since a QB can make no excuses, he shouldn't put all the blame on the OL for his own fumbles and whatnot.
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Don't forget Rule 11A: Thou shall forever be in Marino's shadow.