When talking about Mike Homgren, we have to mention the West Coast offensive system first.

It can be simply understood that the West Coast offense is a tactical system where passing is the first and running is the second tactical system.

In the 1980s, football was still the world of running and ball offense, and running backs were the core of the entire offense. In 1985, the New York Giants defeated the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs. At that time, the Giants head coach Bill Parcells firmly believed that strong defense could withstand tactical offenses.

Pascelles also succeeded in doing it, so he mocked his opponent after the game, "Is this the only thing you have on the West Coast offense?"

This is the origin of the name "West Coast Offensive".

So, what does the West Coast offensive tactical system mean?

The West Coast offense in the contemporary rugby offense system can be divided into two factions:

One is the new tactics created by Dallas Cowboys coach Bernie Kosar in 1993 imitating the offensive system of San Diego Lightning and Oakland Raiders in the 1970s.

The other is the more common and mainstream "orthodox West Coast offensive system", which originated from the legendary 49ers of San Francisco, Bill Walsh, which is the most orthodox West Coast offensive.

From the 1970s to the 1980s, Walsh spent nearly ten years practicing, improving and improving his new offensive concept. Until he served as the head coach of San Francisco 49ers, this promoted the development of the West Coast offensive tactics, making quarterback Joe Montana shining and becoming the first candidate for the league's "best in history".

Even though Brett Favre is chasing at full speed, Montana is still the best in history in the minds of countless celebrities.

For later young quarterbacks, Montana was generally considered to be the official standard template for contemporary quarterbacks. The game styles of top quarterbacks such as Payton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees can be seen in Montana's shadow.

Joe Montana is the culmination of West Coast offense and the first trend leader in the league's contemporary "passing first".

The so-called West Coast offense is actually not just an offensive system, but more of a concept of guiding the offense.

Traditional offensive tactics believe that ground offense is the foundation. Only by opening up the situation through the ground can conditions be created for passing, and running backs are the absolute core that is unstoppable.

But Walsh broke this fixed concept. He emphasized that short passes and horizontal passes diverted the attention of the defense team, so as to disperse the accumulation of heavy troops in the frontcourt, and then created opportunities for ground offense and long passes. This also made the quarterback the core of tactical affairs, creating more opportunities for passing lines and passing systems.

As for the further in-depth analysis of the West Coast offensive system, this is another huge topic.

It can be simply said that the West Coast offensive system has changed the historical context of the development of the entire football. Quarterbacks have truly become the core. Arm strength, tactical concepts, defensive reading, on-the-spot response and other abilities have also become the standard for inspection of excellent quarterbacks. Passing and offense has become dazzling and exciting, which has made football successfully surpass baseball and developed into the largest ball in the United States.

Mike Homgren, who was taught by Bill Walsh, also interpreted his style characteristics in the West Coast offensive tactics.

From 1986 to 1988, Homegren served as quarterback coach for 49ers in San Francisco, and carefully studied the West Coast offensive system with Walsh.

In 1992, Homegren went to the Green Bay Packers as head coach, leading quarterback Brett Favre to the top of the 1996 Super Bowl championship; then led the Green Bay Packers in 1997 and the Seattle Seahawks in 2005, and entered the Super Bowl final twice.

In the 2007 season, Holmgren, who was about to turn 60, was still the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks and had no plans to retire for the time being.

This is also a legendary figure in the NFL. In addition to leading the West Coast offensive trend in the 1990s, Homgren's coaching tree is also very impressive.

Jon Gruden, who led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the Super Bowl in 2002, Mike Sherman, who led the Green Bay Packers for six seasons after 2000, and of course Andy Reed, all of them were the branches of Homegren.

Similarly, Lu Yiqi was also from the orthodox West Coast offensive system, completely following the style of Homgren and Reed, and developed his own characteristics.

When Lu Yiqi was intern in the Philadelphia Eagles, he had dinner with Homgren several times, and under Reed's recommendation, he followed Homgren for two weeks during the summer vacation.

That's all.

As Lu Yiqi said to Thompson, he and Homgren were only a few encounters, and he never expected that Homgren was the recommender.

Could it be that Reed took the initiative to win an interview opportunity for himself, because the Philadelphia Eagles' job opportunities were not fulfilled?

However, when Lu Yiqi called Reed, he got a negative answer.

"Haha, don't thank me, I didn't help." Reed's honest voice came from the other end of the phone. "I just told the truth when Mike called to ask, you are indeed a very outstanding coach. Over the past two years, the growth curve has been particularly significant and has deep potential."

Because it was too unexpected, Lu Yiqi was slightly stunned: The amount of information was a bit large, "You mean, Mr. Homgren took the initiative to call you?"

"Yes." Reed's voice was a little vague, but the meaning was very clear. "Mike called and asked, "Do you remember the young boy named Noah? How is he now?" I was also surprised to be honest."

"He didn't reveal much information, but I guess it was Green Bay asking him for his opinion, and he also noticed your news, which awakened the memory." Reed was still talking slowly, and his mind could even describe the chubby body slowly and shaking.

Although Reid didn't tell a joke, the atmosphere of the conversation couldn't help but relax.

"How is it? Was the interview going well?" Reed did not focus on himself, but was concerned about Lu Yiqi's situation.

Lu Yiqi chuckled, "Why, don't you have confidence in me?" The arrogant tone made Reed chuckling sound come from the other end of the phone, and then Lu Yiqi said seriously, "You should know Thompson, and I can't confirm his thoughts."

Today is Lu Yiqi's first meeting with Thompson, but Reed is not. He and Thompson both joined the Green Bay Packers in 1992. They have been working for seven years, so they naturally can't understand it.
Chapter completed!