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Brown's thinking was that since he designed the offense and since he was the head coach, he deserved more control over the offense and over his team's chances to win. In the 1950's, Cleveland Browns Coach Paul Brown was thought to be a maverick when he began sending in plays from the sideline, using players as messengers.
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In pro football's earliest days, quarterbacks made the play calls on the field, in the huddle. That's showing adaptability to what defenses are trying to do to you.'' That game left a mark on me, because we hadn't planned it or practiced it that way. But he hit four long touchdown passes and we won, 28-0. He hit maybe 6 out of 20 passes for 160 yards. ''I was also an assistant with the Raiders and we were playing Denver,'' Walsh said. If the play-caller cannot make adjustments on the fly, trouble also lurks. If you get a coach calling the plays who's trying to prove his philosophies in his area, you're in trouble.'' If it was left up to me, we'd be dropping back there and throwing downfield all of the time. ''When I was calling the plays early in my career as an assistant with a passing background for the Cincinnati Bengals, I used to fight tooth and nail right there on the sidelines with running backs coach Bill Johnson. ''The coach must be well-grounded,'' Walsh continued.