It’s not outrage, it’s just acknowledging an idiotic move. Up 14-0, why do you need to jumpstart the offense? If you’ve given up 0 points, why would you risk giving the opponent the ball automatically in scoring territory? It was a dumb decision, plain and simple. Support it if you want to but it was idiotic.
It’s ok if you don’t understand why or disagree. Your hindsight is amazing too. I understand why IMO he did it, but I’m not the genius so many other keyboards are. Call it idiotic if you need to, you’re not making any real calls. Just a touch of reality here and think why he was doing it? I’m sure you had the fake punt called too!!! A coach went for it, you disagree…. That is all. It doesn’t move the needle for me like others. I’ve seen plenty of aggressive coaching in the last decade besides him. Sometimes you get burnt. People opinions of their opinions is overrated on this board.
38-10. 12-2. One game away from the semis. You poor dear. It’s been a tough year for you. Maybe Boise makes your New Years!
Incorrect. Many of us questioned the boneheaded decision before the result
Like a team that gave Texas a late scare. You were commenting that it was a good game.
A good first half for sure but when did you know Clemson was over matched? (Mid 2nd Q)
Good grief. You flip flop and move the goal posts more than a politician. Go back and read your posts from last night.
It was fun while it lasted but Texas far out gunned them. But back to my original point, this weekend went chalk and did it easily. INDIANA beats SMU, yes?
I’m sorry winning a playoff game against the 10th ranked team in the country isn’t enough for you, but that’s on you. The portal is open.
Yeah, but you're dumb. It was the correct call. Stop playing football like we did when it was helmed by people who couldn't spell CTE.
Insecure? That makes no sense.
We tried to send him to the Blue Hens for a bag of opened and pre-licked Pop Rocks - they didn't want him. So now he just creeps around a high school with which he has no affiliation, mumbling to himself about Franklin. Ain't that right, @laKavosiey-st lion?
Yep and it was totally unrelated to the pressure from the PSU defense.
The chances of not converting it were minimal, so that needs to be factored into the equation. Of course, the "minimal" happened, but that doesn't make it the wrong decision. Just like if you punted from the 50 to be "safe" and it ended up being blocked and returned for a TD. The chances of that happening are slim, and just because it happens doesn't make it the wrong call (it generally is the wrong call, but that's not what makes it as such). If the payoff was slim here, so was the probability of something going wrong. But, sometimes, poop happens.
Good job dude. Look at the **** show thread you created. A shame after a really nice win.
I’m saying I can see why he did it and I understand the risk. He’s not the only coach going for it in their own half with that down and distance. Different era of football right now. I don’t know what the percentages were for PSU this year with that play and distance. Just a guess but I’m thinking it was probably close to 90%? Just a guess and I could be off, but I bet that staff knew.
f) You're going to cry about it, whether it's a, b, c, d, e or any other letter of the alphabet.
Counterpoint: modern “analytic” coaching (in all levels of the sport) makes for bad football, especially if said analytics diminish your momentum (which they clearly did yesterday). Or put another way - sometimes a punt is a really great play.
It’s true. A punt is a great play. More than 1 thing can be true sometimes. Some coaches today push the envelope. None get them all right either.
Fair enough.
The other thing that needs to be factored in was the punting situation. We averaged a 31 yard net on Saturday, and that one was going into the wind. I would have gone for it there, and was glad when I saw us doing so…there is a big downside to punting there even though most dinosaur coaches would punt 100 times out of 100 (and you’ll continue seeing more and more coaches going in those types of situations).
I wonder if the lousy punts due to weather may have factored in? If you only net 20-25 yards, it should be a consideration. I probably would have leaned on the conservative side and punted. However, the minute they came up short on 3rd down.....from the security of my family room couch, I admit to the "guilty pleasure" of hoping they would go for it. What I don't like is shifting into the formation at the last instance. If he doesn't juggle the snap they get it and Franklin is a gun slinger like he was at Minny. 1 guy makes the decisions and all of us veteran coaches get to react. LOL
Good point on the punting situation with the wind factor versus the down and distance there. More and more coaches are going for it in those situations so while folks who don't do it for a living may not do it....others that do are and plenty are respected coaches. Plenty of respected coaches punt there too....this notion it's binary and there is only one right call is also antiquated IMO.
Surely the weather factored into it. Still a ridiculous decision. Even with a 20 yard punt you've at least knocked them out of scoring range. Defense had 2 pick 6es at that point. There was no reason to not trust them. By that point in the game it was certainly looking like 14 points might well be enough to win the game. Why even give them a chance to start in the red zone? Also, the way the offense was looking at that point, getting that first down was likely to end up getting you another 5 or 6 yards until you punted again. Not worth the risk.
