- Sep 4, 2014
- 21,140
- 78,761
Not me. I think he screwed it up. Forcing them to punt with over 20 seconds on the clock would have been simple. Even a shanked punt means we only need a few yards for a FG and we were trailing by 3 at the time. If their punter booms one you just let it go and kneel in the ball. This **** is fundamental strategy, not some crazy roll of the dice.
But you're debating philosophy, not competence. I'm quite certain that if 100 coaches were polled regarding that moment after the second down sack, given all circumstances, plenty would agree that you have to be aggressive, while some would take the other position. The question is whether or not he was confused as to how the whole clock thing works and didn't manage it the way he wanted to. That's where I see nothing of any substance. Like it or not, agree or not, he was content going in down 3.