Aaronblood, not to be sarcastic (on the other hand, why not?
), but there is one reason to name anything. Human beings have a weird psychological need to label things. Sometimes we even conclude that we know the name of something, so that means we understand it.
You're looking at a strange looking animal you've never seen before. "What in hades is that?" you say. "It's a flobberbitimous compressiceps" I say. You're perfectly happy, although you know nothing more about that strange looking animal than you did a minute ago.:rotfl:But you can tell your girlfriend you saw a flobbergitimous compressiceps and she will get that serious look that tells you she's impressed.
But more than anything names are handles for a collection of behavior directed at a desired goal. How do you find the location of a submarine by listening to it from two radio receivers? Triangulation. The word is shorthand for a complex procedure, usually performed by a team of different people.
In a similar manner, Dick O'Kane attack is a handle for a collection of actions including a course at right angles to the track, AoB being equal to 90º minus the number of degrees from the shoot bearing to zero bearing, turning the position keeper off, yada, yada, yada. I can say, do a Dick O'Kane attack here and you know the steps to take.
John P. Cromwell Attack will be the same kind of handle, encompassing a specific sequence of steps including a course at 45º from the track from ahead of the target, AoB being 45º minus the bearing, position keeper off, yada, yada, yada.
We name things because that is how our brains work. It helps us to remember. In these two cases they also help us to remember great submarine captains of World War II. Every time we pull off one of these tactics we remember them.
What could be bad about that?
