OT: Ouch, Sam Pittman admission

[18IsTheMan]

Confesses that he didn’t know what to do in their 4th and 2 from the MSU 33 while trailing by 4 in the 3rd quarter. Said he didn’t know if he should try the FG (which was within the kicker’s range) or go for it. Instead, the play clock ran out while he was deliberating. Delay of game pushed them outside FG range and forced the punt.

Ill-advised honesty when you’re on the hot seat. Fans are going to latch onto this.

 

[Deleted11512]

Confesses that he didn’t know what to do in their 4th and 2 from the MSU 33 while trailing by 4 in the 3rd quarter. Said he didn’t know if he should try the FG (which was within the kicker’s range) or go for it. Instead, the play clock ran out while he was deliberating. Delay of game pushed them outside FG range and forced the punt.

Ill-advised honesty when you’re on the hot seat. Fans are going to latch onto this.

Yikes!! What a buffoon. Hard to believe there are people that make that much money that are so stupid.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Yikes!! What a buffoon. Hard to believe there are people that make that much money that are so stupid.

Yeeeeeeah, just a bad look when fans have already soured on you. In the age of social media, a head coach admitting "I didn't know what to do" in a critical 4th down situation is basically signing his own death warrant.

 

[Lurker123]

Yeah, in that case, better to just keep your mouth shut.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Yeah, in that case, better to just keep your mouth shut.

On the plus side, it's almost certain he'll be available as OL coach.

 

[The Reel Ess]

Of all the sins in football, delay of game is the least forgivable. And it's always the coaching staff's fault, even when it isn't, but especially in a special teams situation.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Of all the sins in football, delay of game is the least forgivable. And it's always the coaching staff's fault, even when it isn't, but especially in a special teams situation.

I don't know that I've ever heard a coach admit he didn't know which play call to make and simply let the play clock run out.

Thing is, either call would have been easily defensible in that situation. Kick the FG, even if it's a miss, and say it was b/c you hadn't move the ball well on their D and since your kicker has the range, you wanted the points. Go for the first down, even if you don't get it, and say you felt you just had to try to keep the drive alive for the TD and, given the field position and how your D had played, you were confident you'd get the ball back.

The only thing that wasn't defensible is freezing and letting the play clock expire.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

Yikes!! What a buffoon. Hard to believe there are people that make that much money that are so stupid.

I learned early on that life is not fair.